Sept. 27, 2008

HATTIESBURG, Miss. - The Southern Miss men's tennis team recorded five wins in the second day of the Southern Miss Fall Invitational.

Domagoj Anic defeated Thomas Petrich (UAB) in straight sets, 6-3, 6-0. Jan Burmeister knocked off John Holliman (UAB), 6-2, 6-2. Strate Krstevski downed Phenyo Matong (Nicholls), 6-1, 6-4, and Felipe Sylva defeated Rohan Shetty (Nicholls), 6-1, 6-4.

The Golden Eagles won three doubles' matches with Oscar Machuca and Krsteveski defeating Thomas Petrich and Dan Cornei (UAB), 8-4. Andrew Poole and Burmeister knocked off Eric Fisher and Rohan Matong (Nicholls), 8-5. Diego Machuca and Markus Wessinghage defeated Rohan Shetty and Sami Mouline (Nicholls), 8-0.

Southern Miss, next, competes in the Georgia Tech Invitational, Oct. 3-5, in Atlanta, Ga.

Results from Southern Miss Fall Invitational Day 2

Singles
Brian Ly (UAB) def. Patricio Alvarado (USM), 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
Domagoj Anic (USM) def. Thomas Petrich (USM), 6-3, 6-0
Tyrone Ewels (UAB) def. Oscar Machuca (USM), 6-3, 6-1
Alex Emery (UAB) def. Markus Wessinghage (USM), 7-5, 6-2
Daniel Moser (UAB) def. Andrew Poole (USM), 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4)
Dan Cornei (UAB) def. Diego Machuca (USM), 1-6, 7-6, 6-1
Jan Burmeister (USM) def. John Holliman (UAB), 6-2, 6-2
Radu Lonescu (Nich) def. Stephan Siska (SLU), 6-4, ret.
Benjamin Enke (SLU) def. Vlad Popa (Nich), 6-3, Ret.
Eric Fisher (Nich) def. Guillaume Capouin (SLU), 6-0, 6-1
Strate Krstevski (USM) def. Phenyo Matong (Nich), 6-1, 6-4
Felipe Sylva (USM) def. Rohan Shetty (Nich), 6-1, 6-4
Paul Derkay (SLU) def. Sami Mouline (Nich), 6-1, 2-6, 6-0

Doubles
Enke/Siska (SLU) def. Ly/Emery (UAB), 8-3
Ewels/Moser (UAB) def. Capouin/Derkay (SLU), 8-2
O. Machuca/S. Krsteveski (USM) def. Petrich/Cornei (UAB), 8-4
Lonescu/Popa (Nich) def. Alvarado/Sylva (USM), 8-5
Poole/Burmeister (USM) def. Fisher/Matong (Nich), 8-5
D. Machuca/Wessinghage (USM) def. Shetty/Mouline (Nich), 8-0