Feb. 7, 2010
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The No. 28 men's tennis team traveled up the road to Birmingham and came away with a 4-0 win over UAB at the Lakeshore Tennis Center Sunday.
With the win, the Tigers improve to 1-2 on the season, while UAB fall to 3-2.
"This was a match that this young team needed to play," head coach Eric Shore said. "We faced tough competition and tough conditions with the cold. With close doubles matches, the team carried that momentum into singles and performed well."
The Tigers opened doubles competition with a win at No. 1 doubles, seeing the sixth-ranked team of junior Tim Puetz and sophomore Alex Stamchev come away with the 8-3 victory over Alex Emery and Danny Manlow.
UAB's No. 3 doubles team of Tom Puetz and David Zimmermann defeated Michel Monteiro and Lucas Lopasso in a tight 9-8 match. The Auburn No. 2 squad of freshmen Tim Hewitt and Andreas Mies secured the doubles point for the Tigers, coming from behind to take the 9-7 victory over Tyrone Ewels and Daniel Moser.
Going into singles competition with a 1-0 lead, Auburn picked up three-straight singles wins to go secure the match. Mies started off right at the No. 4 spot, defeating Moser 6-0, 6-4.
Puetz, ranked No. 24 in the country, followed Mies with a straight-set win over Dan Cornei at the No. 1 spot (6-2, 6-1). Freshman Oliver Strecker sealed the Auburn victory with 6-3, 7-5 win over Tim Puetz's younger brother, Tom, at the No. 5 position.
Hewitt was up a set over Manlow at No. 2 (7-6, 1-4) and 86th-ranked Stamchev was defeating Zimmermann (6-4, 4-5) at No. 3 before play was called.
The Tigers host their first home dual match of the season, taking on Troy at the City of Auburn/Auburn University Yarbrough Tennis Center on Wednesday. Start time is set for 1:30 p.m.
At UAB
Singles
1. No. 24 Tim Puetz (Auburn) def. No. 118 Dan Cornei (UAB); 6-2, 6-1
2. Danny Manlow (UAB) vs. Tim Hewitt (Auburn); 6-7, 4-1 - unfinished
3. David Zimmermann (UAB) vs. No. 86 Alex Stamchev (Auburn); 4-6, 5-4 - unfinished
4. Andreas Mies (Auburn) def. Daniel Moser (UAB); 6-0, 6-4
5. Oliver Strecker (Auburn) def. Tom Puetz (UAB); 6-3, 7-5
6. Thomas Petrich (UAB) vs. Lucas Lopasso (Auburn); 6-4, 2-6, 2-0 - unfinished
Order of finish - 4, 1, 5
Doubles
1. No. 6 Puetz/Stamchev (Auburn) def. Emery/Manlow (UAB); 8-3
2. Hewitt/Mies (Auburn) def. Ewels/Moser (UAB); 9-7
3. Puetz/Zimmermann (UAB) def. Lopasso/Monteiro (Auburn); 9-8
Order of finish - 1, 3, 2
Match Notes
Auburn 0-2; National ranking #28
UAB 3-2
No. 5 singles clinched match