Sept. 26, 2010

GREENVILLE, N.C. --- The East Carolina men's tennis team wrapped up play at the ECU Fall Shootout Sunday afternoon with nine match victories at the River Birch Tennis Center.

Massimo Mannino defeated Bertrand Moulin of James Madison in straight sets (6-1, 6-3) to claim the Flight B Championship. After dropping the opening set of the tournament Mannino won six consecutive sets which included a pair of straight set victories.

Henrik Skalmerud posted a 7-6 (1), 6-4 win over JMU's Yaroslav Voznenko to claim the Flight F title. Skalmerud also went unbeaten through his flight as did Simon Escourrou through Flight H. Escourrou rallied to defeated Ville Maatanen in three sets (5-7, 7-6 (1), 10-7) Sunday.

The Pirates' Joran Vliegen, John Schmitt and Mario Martinez were all straight sets winners over their JMU foes on Sunday. ECU also took three of four doubles matches from the Dukes.

Players from the College of Charleston captured four individual flight championships, while ECU won all four doubles flights. Horvath and Vliegen teammed to sweep Flight B as did Manninio and Schmitt in Flight C.

Tournament Champions
Doubles
Flight A - Horvath & Vligen (ECU) 2-1
Flight B - Skalmerud & Tvedt (ECU) 3-0
Flight C - Mannino & Schmitt (ECU) 3-0
Flight D - Martinez & Masciorini (ECU) 2-1

Singles
Flight A - Greg Vladimirsky (JMU) 2-1
Flight B - Massimo Mannino (ECU) 3-0
Flight C - Mickael Boyer (CofC) 2-0
Flight D - John Harden (CofC) 3-0
Flight E- Bryan Roberts (CofC) 2-1
Flight F - Henrik Skalmerud (ECU) 3-0
Flight G - Steven Hardy (CofC) 3-0
Flight H - Simon Escourrou (ECU) 2-0

Sunday's Results
Doubles
Horvath/ Vliegen (ECU) d. Moulin/Senenac (JMU) 8-3
Tvedt/Skalmerud (ECU) d. King/ Pool (JMU) 8-0
Mannino/Schmitt (ECU) d. Vladimirsky/ Vozenenlo (JMU) 8-3
Nissinen/ Maaranen (JMU) d. Martinez/ Masciorini (ECU) 8-2

Singles
Greg Vladimirsky (JMU) d. Jaroslav Horvath (ECU) 1-6, 6-2, 10-3
Massimo Mannino (ECU) d. Bertrand Moulin (JMU) 6-1, 6-3
Joran Vliegen (ECU) d. Florent Senenac (JMU) 6-3, 6-2
John Schmitt ECU) d. Tommi Nissinen (ECU) 7-5, 7-6(4)
Ryan Pool (JMU) d. Dave Masciorini (ECU) 6-2, 6-1
Henrik Skalmerud (ECU) d. Yaroslav Voznenko (JMU) 7-6(1), 6-4
Mario Martinez (ECU) d. Matt King (JMU) 6-3, 7-6(9)
Simon Escourrou (ECU) d. Ville Maaranen (JMU) 5-7, 7-6(1) 10-7

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