Jan. 13, 2017
DALLAS (SMU) – The SMU men's tennis team earned the first win of the season over Abilene Christian University (0-2), in a 7-0 sweep Friday evening at the SMU Tennis Complex.
SMU (1-0) won the first point of the match winning all three doubles match ups, starting with
Samm Butler and
Ronald Slobodchikov's 6-1 victory over ACU's Henry Adams and Jon Sheehy.
Markus Kerner and
Yates Johnson on court one and
Hunter Johnson and
Arkadijs Slobodkins on court three quickly followed as Kerner/Y. Johnson beat the Wildcats 6-4 and H. Johnson/Slobodkins added a 6-3 victory.
The Mustangs' momentum continued into singles play as Slobodchikov was the first Mustang to victory beating ACU's Josh Sheehy in straight sets, 6-1, 6-4. Slobodkins earned SMU's third point of the night, beating Hunter Holman, 6-3, 6-4.
Senior
Markus Kerner gave SMU the fourth point and secured the team victory beating Henry Adams 6-4 in the first set and 7-5 in a close second set.
After dropping the first set, 6-4, to ACU's Jon Sheehy,
Hunter Johnson fought back to claim the second and third set, 6-3, 6-3. In similar fashion,
Yates Johnson fell to ACU's Cole Lawson 7-6 in the opening set but still pulled off the victory, winning straight sets 6-4, 6-3.
"ACU is a very good team," head coach
Carl Neufeld said. "They're very tough, especially at the top of the lineup. I was really impressed with our doubles because they always have very good doubles. We were able to win the doubles, which was great. I thought we played very, very well and I'm happy with how we got through the first match."
Next, SMU hosts No. 4 Texas Sunday Jan. 15 at 4:30 pm.
Match Results
Doubles Competition
- Markus Kerner / Yates Johnson (SMU) def. Agritelley / Josh Sheehy (ACU) 6-4
- Samm Butler / Ronald Slobodchikov (SMU) def. Adams / Jon Sheey (ACU) 6-1
- Hunter Johnson / Arkadijs Slobodkins (SMU) def. Domanski / Holman (ACU) 6-3
Singles Competition
- Ronald Slobodchikov (SMU) def. Josh Sheehy (ACU) 6-1, 6-4
- Samm Butler (SMU) def. Agritelley (ACU) 7-6, 6-0
- Hunter Johnson (SMU) def. Jon Sheehy (ACU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-3
- Markus Kerner (SMU) def. Adams (ACU) 6-4, 7-5
- Arkadijs Slobodkins (SMU) def. Holman (ACU) 6-3, 6-4
- Yates Johnson (SMU) def. Lawson (ACU) 6-7, 6-4, 6-3
