JMU Falls 7-0 at No. 38 Virginia Tech in Spring Opener

Saturday, January 17

Blacksburg, Va.

3 p.m.

James Madison University

Virginia Tech

1/17/2015 6:25:00 PM | Men's Tennis

BLACKSBURG, Va. – James Madison men's tennis dropped a 7-0 decision at No. 38 Virginia Tech in the Dukes' dual season opener at the Burrows-Burleson Tennis Center in Blacksburg, Va. on Saturday afternoon.

The Hokies (2-0) swept the Dukes (1-0) in doubles action to start the day with a 1-0 lead. The sophomore-junior duo of Brett Moorhead (Midlothian, Va./Cosby) and Maxi Branth (Stockholm, Sweden/Tullinge Gymnasium) fell 6-1 to Florian Nicoud and Hunter Koontz at No. 3 doubles before Virginia Tech secured the doubles point as Andreas Bjerrehus and Jai Corbett defeated sophomore Miljan Ruzic (Sydney, Australia/St. Euphemia College) and freshman Stephen Goldman (Lutz, Fla./Gaither) 6-1 at No. 1 doubles.

Sophomore Sebastian Salinas (Merida, Mexico/Preparatoria Abierta SEP) and junior Robert Stirling (Caboolture, Australia/St. Columbans College) battled at No. 2 doubles, but fell 6-4 to Eduoardo Tessaro and Amerigo Contini.

In singles action, Branth lost in straight 6-0 sets to Koontz at the No. 2 position and Stirling fell 6-1, 6-2 to Contini, ranked 35^th in the nation, at the No. 1 position to give the Hokies a 3-0 lead on the match.

Virginia Tech clinched the decisive fourth point when Nicoud, ranked 94^th nationally, won in straight 6-2 sets over Ruzic at the No. 4 singles position.

Salinas clashed with Tessaro at the No. 3 singles position, but lost in two sets (6-4, 6-3). Goldman was defeated 6-4, 6-4 at No. 6 singles by Aaron Gomez, and Moorhead fell 6-2, 6-2 to Corbett at No. 5 singles as the Hokies took the 7-0 match win.

JMU continues its opening weekend with the VCU 4-1 Invitational on Sunday, Jan. 18. The Dukes face Colonial Athletic Association foe Delaware at noon before taking on No. 51 VCU at 3 p.m. in Richmond, Va.

Singles
1. #35 Amerigo Contini (VT) def. Robert Stirling (JMU) 6-1, 6-2
2. Hunter Koontz (VT) def. Maxi Branth (JMU) 6-0, 6-0
3. Edoardo Tessaro (VT) def. Sebastian Salinas (JMU) 6-4, 6-3
4. #94 Florian Nicoud (VT) def. Miljan Ruzic (JMU) 6-2, 6-2
5. Jai Corbett (VT) def. Brett Moorhead (JMU) 6-2, 6-2
6. Aaron Gomez (VT) def. Stephen Goldman (JMU) 6-4, 6-4
Order of finish: 2,1,4*,3,6,5
Doubles
1. Bjerrehus/Corbett (VT) def. Ruzic/Goldman (JMU) 6-1
2. Tessaro/Contini (VT) def. Salinas/Stirling (JMU) 6-4
3. Nicoud/Koontz (VT) def. Moorhead/Branth (JMU) 6-1
Order of finish: 3,1*,2