JMU Falls 7-0 to Richmond in Midweek Contest

Wednesday, March 23

Harrisonburg, Va.

3 p.m.

James Madison University

Richmond

3/23/2016 6:38:00 PM | Men's Tennis

HARRISONBURG, Va. – James Madison men's tennis dropped a 7-0 midweek decision to Richmond on Wednesday afternoon, slipping to 7-8 on the year while the Spiders improved to 8-10.

The Spiders won back-to-back doubles matches for the opening point before securing five two-set victories for the team win.

Senior Maxi Branth was the lone Duke to go a full three sets. Taking on Canyon Teague at No. 3 singles, Branth overcame a 7-5 set-one loss with a 6-4 set-two win to tie the match at 1-all. Both Teague and Branth fought hard in a third-set tiebreak, which Teague won 10-5 to complete the sweep.

Junior Brett Moorhead battled hard with Alex Felisa at No. 2 singles. Trailing 4-2 in set two, Moorhead won three straight games to take the 5-4 lead. The two traded points before Felisa walked away with match point after a 7-6(8-6) tiebreak.

At No. 5 singles, Miljan Ruzic fell in two tightly-contested sets (7-5, 7-6(5)) to James Aronson.

JMU returns to Hillside Courts on Saturday, March 26 as the Dukes face Bucknell at 9 a.m.

FULL RESULTS
Doubles (2,1*)

Dunbar/Felisa def. Ruzic/Salinas 6-1
Troy/Jonathan Quenard def. Stitt/Moorhead 6-0
Berdnikoff/Branth vs. Aronson/Teague 4-2, unf.

Singles (1,6,4*,5,2,3)

Jacob Dunbar def. Sebastian Salinas 6-2, 6-4
Alex Felisa def. Brett Moorhead 6-2, 7-6(6)
Maxi Branth vs. Canyon Teague 7-5, 4-6, 10-5
Caleb Troy def. Tristan Stitt 6-4, 7-5
James Aronson def. Miljan Ruzic 7-5, 7-6(5)
Alex Hahn def. Alex Berdnikoff 6-4, 6-4

UP NEXT
JMU stays at home on Saturday, March 26 for a 9 a.m. match against Bucknell, its second of six straight contests at Hillside. The match against Bison is part of a men's-women's doubleheader, as JMU women's tennis faces George Washington at 1 p.m.