Feb. 24, 2008

Montgomery, Ala. - Top-ranked Auburn University at Montgomery defeated Shorter College in a 9-0 shut out in men's college tennis action.

AUM won all three doubles matches by scores of 8-3, 8-2 and 8-2. All six singles matches were straight set wins for the Senators.

AUM moves to 8-0 overall and 2-0 in conference action while Shorter falls to 2-2 and 0-1. The Senators will travel to Cleveland, Tenn., to face Lee University in their next action on Thursday, February 28 at 1:30 p.m. The match was originally scheduled for yesterday (Friday) but was rained out.

Singles
#1 Alberto Gonzales (AUM) def. Juliano Cirimbelli (SC); 6-3, 6-0
#2 Monte Tucker (AUM) def. Henrique Tomaz (SC); 6-4, 6-0
#3 Francisco Redondo (AUM) def. Quentin Grieu (SC); 6-4, 7-5
#4 Nikola Miskovic (AUM) def. David Araiza (SC); 6-1, 6-2
#5 Tim Mudrick (AUM) def. Josh Lewis (SC); 6-1, 6-2
#6 Thomas Ptacek (AUM) def. Zack Highfield (SC); 6-2, 6-0

Doubles
#1 Victor Sanakai Papi/Daniel Plasa (AUM) def. Cirimbelli/Araiza (SC); 6-3
#2 Miskovic/Tucker (AUM) def. Francisco Franco/Lewis (SC); 8-2
#3 Gonzales/Redondo (AUM) def. Grieu/Tomaz (SC); 8-2