March 25, 2009

Box Score

GREENVILLE, N.C. - East Carolina extended its regular season match winning streak to 11 straight with a weather-shortened 5-1 non-conference victory over Campbell Wednesday afternoon at the ECU Tennis Complex.

The triumph pushed the Pirates' spring record to 15-1 while the Camels dropped to 10-7.

After doubles play was cancelled because of deteriorating weather conditions, ECU responded by quickly capturing five of six singles matchups in straight sets to secure the win.

Bryan Oakley (11-1) and Aleksey Kochetov (14-1) improved their combined record to 25-2 with 6-0, 6-0 and 6-0, 6-2 victories over Raul Martinez and Ian Kahler at the No. 6 and No. 5 positions, respectively. Stephen Whitwell followed with a 6-2, 6-2 triumph over Davy Sum at No. 1 to run his spring dual match slate to 14-2 and give the Pirates a 3-0 edge.

Henrik Skalmerud (6-3, 6-3) rolled past Loukas Wallaart at No. 4 and Jaroslav Horvath defeated Lubos Sobotka (6-3, 6-4) in a No. 2 meeting to close out East Carolina's scoring efforts.

Campbell used Beto Mondini's 6-3, 2-6, 6-1 decision over Denis Ermilov at No. 3 for its only tally of the afternoon.

East Carolina, which suffered its only loss of the season against Appalachian State on Feb. 15, will try to make it 12 in a row Saturday when it travels to Lynchburg, Va. for an 11:00 a.m. match against the Liberty Flames.

EAST CAROLINA 5, CAMPBELL 1
Singles Play
No. 1 - Stephen Whitwell (ECU) def. Davy Sum (CAM); 6-2, 6-2
No. 2 - Jaroslav Horvath (ECU) def. Lubos Sobotka (CAM); 6-3, 6-4
No. 3 - Beto Mondini (CAM) def. Denis Ermilov (ECU); 6-3, 2-6, 6-1
No. 4 - Henrik Skalmerud (ECU) def. Loukas Wallaart (CAM); 6-3, 6-3
No. 5 - Aleksey Kochetov (ECU) def. Ian Kahler (CAM); 6-0, 6-2
No. 6 - Bryan Oakley (ECU) def. Raul Martinez (CAM); 6-0, 6-0
Doubles Play
No. 1 - Ermilov/Horvath (ECU) vs. Sobotka/Sum (CAM); not played
No. 2 - Kochetov/Skalmerud (ECU) vs. Jeroen Kuppens/Wallaart (CAM); not played
No. 3 - Oakley/Whitwell (ECU) vs. Larbi Lamzouri/Mondini (CAM); not played
Team Records: Campbell 10-7, East Carolina 15-1