Feb. 20, 2008

Mason fell to No.14 Mary Washington in men's tennis action this past Sunday in Fredericksburg, Va. The Netters move to 1-3 on the season following the loss. The Patriots managed to win one singles match and one doubles match, losing 6-1. Mason also split two exhibition matches going 1-1.

In singles action Brian Fitzgerald won the match at the No. 1 singles match 6-3, 6-4. Stas Budagov battled against Evan Goff of UMW to win the second set, 6-4, but could not come out with a win losing the other two sets, 6-4, 6-4. Dan Schneider clashed at the No.3 spot against Zach Detweiler. With a tie score at 5-5 in the first set Schneider was forced into overtime, but lost the advantage as well as the match, 7-5. In the second set Schneider came out on top, winning 6-4, but the third set had the same result as the first set as he lost 6-2.

In doubles action Fitzgerald and Schneider pulled out a win in overtime at the No. 1 doubles match 9-7. Unfortunately for the team this was the only other win of the day as both Jordan Lipstock/Matt Vaughn and Budagov/Harwood Hoskins fell at the No. 2 and No. 3 doubles, 8-4 and 8-2.

Both Martin Brown and Imran Nayeem played exhibition matches. Brown came out with a victory over Zach McGonigal, winning the second set and the superbreaker, 2-6, 6-4, 10-8, but Nayeem lost 6-3, 6-3

Mason returns home to face Lafayette at the Burke Racquet Club on February 23rd at 6:30 p.m.

Doubles
No.1 - Fitzgerald/D. Schneider(MAS) def. Loden/Murata (UMW), 9-7
No.2 - Parrish/Goff (UMW) def. Lipstock/Vaughn (MAS), 8-4
No.3 - Detweiler/James (UMW) def. Budagov/Hoskins (MAS), 8-2
Singles
No.1 - Fitzgerald (MAS) def. Dunn (UMW), 6-3, 6-4
No.2 - Goff (UMW) def. Budagov (MAS) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
No.3 - Detweiler (UMW) def. D. Schneider (MAS) 7-5, 4-6, 6-2
No.4 - Murata(UMW) def. Hoskins (MAS) 6-2, 7-5
No.5 - Parrish (UMW) def. Lipstock (MAS) 6-2, 6-2
No.6 - Emig (UMW) def. Vaughn (MAS) 6-0, 6-0
Exhibition
Martin Brown (MAS) def. McGonigal (MAS) 2-6, 6-4, 10-8
Proffitt (UMW) def. Imran Nayeem (MAS) 6-3, 6-3