Men's Tennis Falls to Virginia Commonwealth
Deacons lose to the Rams, 4-3.
March 6, 1999
RICHMOND, Va. - The No. 27 Virginia Commonwealth men's tennis team
defeated No. 58 Wake Forest 4-3 on Friday afternoon at the Thalhimer Tennis
Center in Richmond, Va. With the win, the Rams improved to 12-0 on the
season, while the Deacons fell to 2-5 overall.
No. 72 Jose Sanchez (Alicante, Spain), the top seed, led the Rams as he
defeated No. 45 Myles Clouston in three sets 6-4, 3-6, 6-4. Freshman Johan
Barras (Versailles, France) and junior Olle Lundberg (Stockholm, Sweden)
picked up the other two wins for the Rams in singles play. Barras defeated
Michael Berger in straight sets 6-1, 6-1 at the third spot, while Lundberg
beat Johan Hansen in two sets 6-2, 6-2 at the fourth position.
The Rams sealed the victory in doubles play as they won two of their three
matches. Sanchez teamed up with sophomore Frank Moser (Baden-Baden,
Germany) to defeat Berger and Brett Mauro of Wake Forest 9-8 at the No. 2
spot. The No. 3 team of Barras and Lundberg added a doubles win to their
singles victories as they beat Wake Forest's Hansen and Justin Kaufmann 8-4.
Virginia Commonwealth returns to action at the Thalhimer Tennis Center on
Monday, March 8 against 50th-ranked Georgia Tech at 1:00 p.m.
Singles
#1 Jose Sanchez, VCU def. Myles Clouston, WFU 6-4, 3-6, 6-4
#2 Raul Munoz, WFU def. Frank Moser, VCU 6-4, 6-4
#3 Johan Barras, VCU def. Michael Berger, WFU 6-1, 6-1
#4 Olle Lundberg, VCU def. Johan Hansen, WFU 6-2, 6-2
#5 Brett Mauro, WFU def. Olli Helminen, VCU 6-1, 3-6, 6-4
#6 Justin Kaufmann, WFU def. Arturo Planell Pons, VCU 6-4, 6-2
Doubles
#1 Clouston/Munoz, WFU def. Daniel Andersson/Helminen, VCU 8-5
#2 Sanchez/Moser, VCU def. Berger/Mauro, WFU 9-8
#3 Lundberg/Barras, VCU def. Hansen/Kaufmann, WFU 8-4
