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George Washington
Men's Tennis Falls to George Washington, 4-1, at Atlantic 10 Championship
4.17.10 | Men's Tennis
Owls vie for third place on Sunday
MONROEVILLE, Pa. – The Temple men's tennis team's quest for an Atlantic 10 championship was ended abruptly by George Washington on Saturday, April 17, in Monroeville, Pa. The top-seeded Colonials handed the Owls a 4-1 loss to drop TU into the consolation bracket.
GW claimed the doubles point with wins at the second and third flights. Filip Rams and Dmitry Vizhunov had put the Cherry & White in position to earn the point with their 8-2 win at number one. After George Washington took the number three match, 8-3, it came down to Ugur Atalay and Richard Blumenfeld, who just got by Mansur Gishkaev and Stanislav Stekolshikov in a 9-8 (4) tiebreak second flight.
In singles play, Temple picked up its point with a win at number one. Filip Rams took his first flight match over Atalay, 6-1, 6-1. That was the only win the Owls could muster, however, and GW came away with the 4-1 victory.
TU will face the loser of the #2 Xavier vs. #3 Duquesne match, being played this afternoon, for third place at 11:00 a.m. on Sunday. The Owls defeated Xavier earlier in the year and dropped a 4-3 decision to Duquesne.
#1 GEORGE WASHINGTON 4, #4 TEMPLE 1
Doubles
1. Dmitry Vizhunov/Filip Rams (TU) def. Chris Kushma/Erik Hannah (GW) – 8-2
2. Ugur Atalay/Richard Blumenfeld (GW) def. Mansur Gishkaev/Stanislav Stekolshikov (TU) – 9-8 (4)
3. Yan Levinski/Ken Mkrtehian (GW) def. Kacper Rams/Andrey Morozov (TU) – 8-3
Singles
1. F. Rams (TU) def. Atalay (GW) – 6-1, 6-1
2. Hannah (GW) ef. Morozov (TU) – 6-4, 6-4
3. Kushma (GW) def. K. Rams (TU) – 6-4, 6-2
4. Vizhunov (TU) vs. Levinski (GW) – 7-6 (DNF)
5. Blumenfeld (GW) def. Stekolshikov (TU) – 6-3, 6-4
6. Mkrtehian (GW) vs. Gishkaev (TU) – 7-6 (DNF)
