SPARTANBURG, S.C. – On Senior Day, the Wofford College men's tennis team was defeated 4-3 by Chattanooga at the Reeves Tennis Center. The Mocs won the doubles point and the two teams split the six singles matches for the final score.
In doubles, the Mocs earned a 6-2 win at the #1 position. At the #2 position, the Mocs were up 4-1 before the pair of
Alex Horn and
Hugo Rask came back to tie it at 4-4. The Mocs claimed the final two games for a 6-4 win which clinched the doubles point.
Ashe Ray and
Ian Rasheed trailed 1-3 at #3 doubles, but rallied to tie it at 4-4. Wofford held serve for a 5-4 lead and Chattanooga also held for a 5-5 score. After the Terriers held for a 6-5 lead, the Mocs held for a 6-6 tie and then they took the tiebreaker 7-2.
The Mocs took the first two singles matches in straight sets at the #1 and #4 positions. At #3 singles,
Ashe Ray picked up a 6-1, 6-4 win to get the Terriers on the board.
Robbie Young took the first set at #2 singles 7-6 by winning the tiebreaker 7-4. He won the second set 6-2 for the win with the final point a service ace.
The final two matches were decided in three sets.
Alex Horn lost the first set 4-6 at #6 singles and answered with a 6-4 win in the second set. In the third set, he was down 3-4 before winning three straight to take a 6-4 win for the match. With the score tied at 3-3 overall, the #5 singles match remained.
Will Fullett won the first set 7-6 with a 8-6 tiebreaker. After dropping the second set, the third was tied at 4-4 and 5-5 before the Mocs won the final two games for a 7-5 win which decided the overall match as well.
Prior to the match, Wofford's three seniors –
Will Fullett,
Alex Horn and
Ashe Ray – were honored in their final home appearance. Wofford (7-9, 2-3) will play at Samford on April 6 and at Furman on April 10 to conclude the regular season. Chattanooga is now 8-11 overall and 2-1 in SoCon play.
Doubles Results
1. Jakub Jupa/Peyton Gatti (UTC) def.
Will Fullett/
Robbie Young (WOF) 6-2
2. Cortland Grove/Jordan McClure (UTC) def.
Alex Horn/
Hugo Rask (WOF) 6-4
3. Gabriel Castillo/Kristof Kincses (UTC) def.
Ashe Ray/
Ian Rasheed (WOF) 7-6 (7-2)
Singles Results
1. Jakub Jupa (UTC) def.
Max Graham (WOF) 6-0, 6-2
2.
Robbie Young (WOF) def. Gabriel Castillo (UTC) 7-6 (7-4), 6-2
3.
Ashe Ray (WOF) def. Ryan Mudre (UTC) 6-1, 6-4
4. Cortland Grove (UTC) def.
Jack Deveney (WOF) 6-1, 6-2
5. Kristof Kincses (UTC) def.
Will Fullett (WOF) 6-7 (6-8), 6-3, 7-5
6.
Alex Horn (WOF) def. Peyton Gatti (UTC) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4