UWA men’s tennis pounds Georgia Southwestern 9-0

AMERICUS, Ga. – The University of West Alabama men’s tennis team continued its early-season dominance with a resounding 9-0 win over Georgia Southwestern Friday at the Susan K. Smith Tennis Complex.

The Tigers improved to 3-0 on the young season and kept its 2014 straight-sets won streak alive at 26. Georgia Southwestern is 0-1.

Nestor Vargas, Anton Ivanov, Adam Drysdale, Simon Bardell, Manuel Grossmann and Kike Ruiz all earned straight-set singles victories for the Tigers. Drysdale and Ivanov were winners in No. 1 doubles, Vargas and Ruiz in No. 2 and Grossmann and Bardell in No. 3 doubles.

UWA remains on the road, playing at Gulf South Conference opponent Shorter on Saturday at 1 p.m.

Singles

Nestor Vargas d Val Demande 7-5, 6-3

Anton Ivanov d Jake Koonce 6-1, 7-5

Adam Drysdale d Stephen Moore 6-3, 6-2

Simon Bardell d Oliver Marshall 6-3, 6-1

Manuel Grossmann d Abel Acuna 6-4, 6-3

Kike Ruiz d Joel Landis 8-2

Doubles

Drsydale/Ivanov d Demande/Koonce 8-1

Vargas/Ruiz d Moore/Marshall 8-5

Grossman/Bardell d Acuna/Darren Kenny 8-1