RICHMOND, Ky. – Austin Peay's Iago Seffrin won the final match on the court to help the Govs pick up a 4-3 win over the Eastern Kentucky University men's tennis team Sunday afternoon.
This was the third conference loss by a score of 4-3 suffered by the Colonels (9-10, 3-5 OVC) this season.
The match came down to No. 4 singles where Seffrin outdueled freshman
Sebastian Mueller, 6-4, 6-4.
Junior
Daridge Saidi (No. 1), sophomore
Alex Alvaro (No. 2) and sophomore
Florian Graskamp (No. 5) all notched wins for Eastern. Alvaro has now won five of his last six singles matches.
Eastern Kentucky is back in action this Wednesday, April 9 at Louisville.
Austin Peay 4, Eastern Kentucky 3 Singles
1. Daridge Saidi (EKU) def. Jasmin Ademovic (APSU) 6-3, 6-4
2. Alex Alvaro (EKU) def. Dimitar Ristovski (APSU) 6-3, 6-4
3. Aleksas Tverijonas (APSU) def. Juanjo de la Llera (EKU) 6-4, 6-2
4. Iago Seffrin (APSU) def. Sebastian Mueller (EKU) 6-4, 6-4
5. Florian Graskamp (EKU) def. James Mitchell (APSU) 6-1, 6-2
6. Manuel Montenegro (APSU) def. Joao Maio (EKU) 6-1, 6-0
Doubles
1. Ademovic/Tverijonas (APSU) led Asis/de la Llera (EKU) 6-3 DNF
2. Ristovski/Seffrin (APSU) def. Alvaro/Mueller (EKU) 8-4
3. Mitchell/Montenegro (APSU) def. Maio/Saidi (EKU) 8-3
Match Notes: Eastern Kentucky (9-10, 3-5 OVC); Austin Peay (11-5, 6-2 OVC)
Order of Finish: Doubles (3, 2*); Singles (6, 5, 3, 2, 1, 4*)