Statesmen Tennis Team Unable to Capitalize Against No. 17 BYU-Hawaii

PENSACOLA, Fla. - The Delta State men's tennis team fell to the No. 17 Seasiders of Brigham Young University-Hawaii on Saturday, March 28th. This is the Statesmen's third consecutive loss on their weekend road trip. The Green-and-White were only able to pick up two victories, as the team of Niko Ptasinski and Arthur Berthiaux defeated Martin Chojnacki and Yevhen Zakarov, 9-7. Berthiaux also picked up DSU's only singles win.

Delta State will now take on No. 2 University of West Florida on Sunday, March 29th.

#17 Brigham Young-Hawaii 5, Delta State 2
Mar 28, 2015 at Pensacola, Fla.

Singles competition

1. Martin Chojnacki (BYUH) def. Niko Ptasinski (DSU) 6-3, 6-2

2. Arthur Berthiaux (DSU) def. Yevhen Zakarov (BYUH) 6-0, retired

3. Ibrahim Karmadzhe (BYUH) vs. Lionel Gazzo (DSU) 6-7, 1-4, unfinished

4. Wei-Feng Lee (BYUH) vs. Joao Yamacita (DSU) 4-6, 1-1, unfinished

5. Peng Dai (BYUH) def. G. Cerrato-Saura (DSU) 6-4, 6-3

6. Colton Pate (BYUH) def. Brunno Freitas (DSU) 6-2, 6-0

Doubles competition

1. Niko Ptasinski/Arthur Berthiaux (DSU) def. Martin Chojnacki/Yevhen Zakarov (BYUH) 9-7

2. Wei-Feng Lee/Peng Dai (BYUH) def. Lionel Gazzo/Brunno Freitas (DSU) 8-5

3. Ibrahim Karmadzhe/Colton Pate (BYUH) def. Joao Yamacita/G. Cerrato-Saura (DSU) 8-3

Match Notes

Delta State 4-6

Brigham Young-Hawaii 13-7; National ranking #17

Generated on 3/29/2015

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Players Mentioned

Arthur Berthiaux: 6' 8"; Graduate Student

Brunno Freitas: 5' 10"; Freshman

Joao Yamacita: 6' 0"; Freshman

Niko Ptasinski: 6' 0"; Freshman

Lionel Gazzo: 6' 0"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Arthur Berthiaux
: 6' 8"; Graduate Student

Brunno Freitas
: 5' 10"; Freshman

Joao Yamacita
: 6' 0"; Freshman

Niko Ptasinski
: 6' 0"; Freshman

Lionel Gazzo
: 6' 0"; Freshman

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