Men's Tennis Falls 5-2 at Memphis

Tuesday, March 5

Memphis, Tenn.

1:00 p.m.

Temple University

Memphis

Photo by: Zamani Feelings

Men's Tennis Falls 5-2 at Memphis

3.5.19 | Men's Tennis

Box Score

MEMPHIS— Temple men's tennis (4-5, 0-1 AAC) battled tough against conference foe Memphis, ultimately falling to the Tigers 5-2 (9-4, 1-0 AAC) on Tuesday afternoon.

Match Notes
> Memphis won the doubles point after taking first and third doubles.
> The Tigers took fifth, first and sixth singles to go up 4-0 and clinch the match.
> Mark Wallner came out on top in the No. 2 spot, besting his opponent 7-5, 6-2. Wallner improved to 7-1 on the season.
> Paolo Cucalon emerged victorious at third singles, defeating his opponent 6-3, 6-4.
> Eric Biscoveanu rallied to force a third set at sixth singles, but ultimately fell in a hard-fought match against his Tiger opponent, 3-6, 6-3, 10-7.

Results
Doubles
1. Oscar Cutting/David Stevenson (Memphis) def. Eric Biscoveanu/Michael Haelen (Temple), 6-2
2. Jan Pallares/Patrick Sydow (Memphis) vs. Juan Araoz/Mark Wallner (Temple), 5-2 DNF
3. Matt Story/Jeremy Taylor (Memphis) def. Uladzimir Dorash/Paolo Cucalon (Temple), 6-1

Singles
1. #123 Chris Patzanovsky (Memphis) def. Uladzimir Dorash (Temple) 6-1, 6-3
2. Mark Wallner (Temple) def. Jan Pallares (Memphis), 7-5, 6-2
3. Paolo Cucalon (Temple) def. Matt Story (Memphis), 6-3, 6-4
4. David Stevenson (Memphis) def. Eric Biscoveanu (Temple), 6-3, 3-6, 10-7
5. Oscar Cutting (Memphis) def. Enzo Brida (Temple), 6-0, 6-1
6. Patrick Sydow (Memphis) def. Michael Haelen (Temple), 6-4, 6-3

Order of Finish
Doubles: 3, 1
Singles: 5, 1, 6, 2, 3, 4

Next Up
> Temple will face another conference opponent on Saturday, March 9 as the team travels to UConn to take on the Huskies at 8:30 a.m.