April 5, 2006

GREENVILLE, N.C. - High Point used a pivotal doubles point to break a singles draw and capture a 4-3 non-conference win over East Carolina Wednesday afternoon at the ECU Tennis Complex.

The setback dropped the Pirates' record to 8-11 on the season while High Point improved to 10-9.

East Carolina's No. 2 flight duo, composed of Nick Rose and Brian Walters, posted the Pirates' lone doubles match victory of the afternoon with an 8-2 decision over Benjamin Deloume and Jack Notton. In other doubles action, ECU's top-seeded pair of Ricardo Barone and Aleksey Kochetov fell to Chris Archer and Mike Tolman (8-3) while the Pirates No. 3 tandem, Mike Catalano and Henrique Viana, came up short in an 8-6 outcome to David Perren and Jim Trussler.

In singles play, Kochetov knocked off Archer 6-1, 6-1 in a No. 2 matchup, Barone took care of Notton 6-3, 6-3 in the No. 3 slot and Walters outlasted Deloume in a 6-3, 7-5 victory at the No. 5 position.

High Point earned wins at the No. 1 (Tolman over Viana 6-1, 6-1), No. 4 (Bobby Brooke over Rose 2-6, 6-4, 6-0) and No. 6 flights (Trussler over Catalano 6-2, 6-2).

The Pirates will take a week off before returning to action April 12 when they host Elon in a match slated to start at 2:00 p.m.

HIGH POINT 4, EAST CAROLINA 3
Singles Play
No. 1 - Mike Tolman (HPU) def. Henrique Viana (ECU); 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 - Aleksey Kochetov (ECU) def. Chris Archer (HPU); 6-1, 6-4
No. 3 - Ricardo Barone (ECU) def. Jack Notton (HPU); 6-3, 6-3
No. 4 - Bobby Brooke (HPU) def. Nick Rose (ECU); 2-6, 6-4, 6-0
No. 5 - Brian Walters (ECU) def. Benjamin Deloume (HPU); 6-3, 7-5
No. 6 - Jim Trussler (HPU) def. Mike Catalano (ECU); 6-2, 6-2
Doubles Play
No. 1 - Archer/Tolman (HPU) def. Barone/Kochetov (ECU); 8-3
No. 2 - Rose/Walters (ECU) def. Deloume/Notton (HPU); 8-2
No. 3 - Perren/Trussler (HPU) def. Catalano/Viana (ECU); 8-6
Team Records: High Point (10-9), East Carolina (8-11)