JMU Finishes Singles Play at UVa Fall Classic

Friday, October 3

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA.

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James Madison University

UVA Fall Classic

10/5/2014 7:31:00 PM | Men's Tennis

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The James Madison men's tennis team wrapped up singles play on the final day of the UVa Fall Classic in Charlottesville, Virginia, on Sunday.

Junior Maxi Branth (Stockholm, Sweden/Tullinge Gymnasium) posted the best solo finish of the tournament with second place in the Black Singles Flight. Branth earned a tiebreaker win (6-2, 6-7(5), 10-5) in his three-set semifinal match with Ricardo Pabon (ETSU). His three-set championship match, however, ended with a tiebreaker loss (6-3, 6-7(6), 10-6) to Sam Matheson (Liberty).

Freshman Stephen Goldman (Lutz, Fla./Gaither) notched third place in the Red Singles Flight. He fell in two sets (7-5, 6-2) in his semifinal match with VCU's Matthew Krizinger, but rebounded in his third-place match-up with Oliver Dedding (Citadel) to battle for a come-from-behind, three-set victory (2-6, 6-3, 11-9).

Sophomore Miljan Ruzic (Sydney, Australia/St. Euphemia College) went 2-0 on the final day of the tournament in the Gold Singles Flight consolation bracket. He dropped Radford's Janken Thoen in straight 6-3 sets in the consolation semifinals before winning in straight 6-2 sets over Liberty's David Bush in the consolation final.

The Dukes tallied fourth-place finishes from junior Robert Stirling (Caboolture, Australia/St. Columbans College) and sophomore Brett Moorhead (Midlothian, Va./Cosby) in the Orange Singles Flight and White Singles Flight, respectively. Stirling fell in straight sets (6-0, 6-4) to Javier Jover (ODU) in the Orange Singles semifinals and suffered a three-set loss (2-6, 6-3, 10-4) to Dominic Pascal (Norfolk State) in the third-place match. Moorhead dropped his White Singles semifinal match to Floriant Nicoud (VT) in straight 6-1 sets before falling 6-4, 6-1 to Sebastian Yllera (ETSU) in their third-place match.

In the Blue Singles Flight consolation bracket, sophomore Sebastian Salinas (Merida, Mexico/Preparatoria Abierta SEP) went 1-1 on day three of the UVa Fall Classic. He opened with a 6-0, 7-6(6) win against UMBC's Alexandre Drean in the consolation semifinals and finished with a 6-3, 4-6, 10-8 loss against Old Dominion's Michael Weindl in the consolation final.

JMU next competes at the 49ers Invitational in Charlotte, North Carolina, Oct. 10-12, its third of four tournaments over consecutive weekends this fall.

Singles
Blue
CSF: Sebastian Salinas (JMU) def. Alexandre Drean (UMBC) 6-0, 7-6(6)
CF: Michael Weindl (ODU) def. Sebastian Salinas (JMU) 6-3, 4-6, 10-8
Orange
SF: Javier Jover (ODU) def. Robert Stirling (JMU) 6-0, 6-4
3P: Dominic Pascal (Norfolk State) def. Robert Stirling (JMU) 2-6, 6-3, 10-4
White
SF: Floriant Nicoud (VT) def. Brett Moorhead (JMU) 6-1, 6-1
3P: Sebastian Yllera (ETSU) def. Brett Moorhead (JMU) 6-4, 6-1
Black
SF: Maxi Branth (JMU) def. Ricardo Pabon (ETSU) 6-2, 6-7(5), 10-5
CH: Sam Matheson (Liberty) def. Maxi Branth (JMU) 6-3, 6-7(6), 10-6
Gold
CSF: Miljan Ruzic (JMU) def. Janken Thoen (Radford) 6-3, 6-3
CF: Miljan Ruzic (JMU) def. David Bush (Liberty) 6-2, 6-2
Red
SF: Matthew Krizinger (VCU) def. Stephen Goldman (JMU) 7-5, 6-2
3P: Stephen Goldman (JMU) def. Oliver Dedding (Citadel) 2-6, 6-3, 11-9