Tigers collect doubles flight win on day two of fall action

Saturday, September 15

Tuscaloosa, Ala.

All Day

University of Memphis

Crimson Tide Four-In-The-Fall

Freshmen duo Oscar Cutting (left) and David Stevenson (right) collected two wins in doubles play to win their flight at the Four-In-The-Fall in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Tigers collect doubles flight win on day two of fall action

Sep 15, 2018 | Men's Tennis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Highlighted by a flight win in doubles play in Tuscaloosa, Memphis men's tennis combined for 12 wins on the second day at the Four-In-The-Fall and Chattanooga Collegiate Clay Court Championships.

Freshmen duo Oscar Cutting and David Stevenson collected an 8-3 win in the second round of their doubles flight, then earned an 8-7(5) victory in their flight's final round to take the doubles title.

The Chattanooga Collegiate Clay Court Championships will see an all-Memphis final round in doubles action after Tiger duos Jan Pallares and Jeremy Taylor earned a 6-4 win, while partners Turner Voges and Patrick Sydow collected a 6-2 victory.

In singles, Pallares picked up two wins on the day, defeating UAB's Fernando Vargas in straight sets and outlasting UAB's Giovani Pasini in a three-set bout.

Newcomers Sydow and Taylor also registered a pair of singles wins as they battle their way through the consolation ladder. Chattanooga native Voges split a pair of matches and ended the day clinching two tiebreak wins in a 7-6, 7-6 victory.

The Tigers will resume action in both tournaments on Sunday.

RESULTS – Day 2 (Sept. 15)
Four-In-The-Fall Doubles
Second Round
Cutting/Stevenson (MEM) def. Fischer/Zhou (UA), 8-3
Bertsch/Stewart (OU) def. Story/Sullivan (MEM), 8-3

Final Round
*Cutting/Stevenson (MEM) def. Holden/Roberts (PRIN), 8-7(5)
Eskeland/Oscislawski (RICE) def. Story/Sullivan (MEM) 8-7(5)
*Won doubles flight

Four-In-The-Fall Singles
Third Round
Matthew Story (MEM) def. Felix Ewers (TUL), walkover
Jochen Bertsch (OU) def. Marshall Sullivan (MEM), 6-0, 6-1
Pat Harper (TENN) def. Oscar Cutting (MEM), 7-5, 7-6(4)
Akos Kotorman (TUL) def. David Stevenson (MEM), 3-6, 6-3, 6-2

Chattanooga Collegiate Doubles
Third Round
Pallares/Taylor (MEM) def. Este/Miyamota (ETSU), 6-4
Voges/Sydow (MEM) def. Janko/El Safadi (UAB), 6-2

Chattanooga Collegiate Singles
Second Round
Jan Pallares (MEM) def. Fernando Vargas (UAB), 6-1, 6-3

Third Round
Jan Pallares (MEM) def. Giovani Pasini (UAB), 4-6, 6-4, 1-0(9)
Patrick Sydow (MEM) def. Simon Bustamonte (UTC), 6-3, 6-1
Jeremy Taylor (MEM) def. Miguel Este (ETSU), 6-1, 7-5
Daniel Janko (UAB) def. Turner Voges (MEM), 4-6, 6-4, 1-0(4)

Fourth Round
Pelaya Antuna (TROY) def. Jan Pallares (MEM), 7-6, 6-4
Patrick Sydow (MEM) def. Tomas Rodriguez (UTC), 7-5, 5-7, 1-0(4)
Jeremy Taylor (MEM) def. Miguel Este (ETSU), 6-1, 7-5
Turner Voges (MEM) def. Chris Mikrovas (ETSU), 7-6, 7-6

RESULTS – Day 1 (Sept. 14)
Four-In-The-Fall Doubles
First Round
Aubone/Dunlap (MIA) def. Story/Sullivan (MEM), 8-3
Cutting/Stevenson (MEM) def. Presson/Wiedenmann (TENN), 8-4

Four-In-The-Fall Singles
First Round
Matthew Story (MEM) def. Mason Beiler (OU), 6-4, 6-2
Zhe Zhou (UA) def. Marshall Sullivan (MEM), 6-4, 6-1
Oscar Cutting (MEM) def. William Gratten-Smith (MIAMI), 6-2, 6-3
Payton Holden (PRIN) def. David Stevenson (MEM), 7-6(4), 6-1

Second Round
Preston Toulitos (UT) def. Matthew Story (MEM), 4-6, 7-6(6), 6-4
Dane Dunlap (MIAMI) def. Marshall Sullivan (MEM), 6-2, 6-3
Oscar Cutting (MEM) def. Davey Roberts (PRIN), 6-4, 6-4
David Stevenson (MEM) def. Tatsuki Shimamoto (MIAMI), 4-6, 6-3, 6-4

Chattanooga Collegiate Doubles
First Round
Pallares/Taylor (MEM) first-round bye
Voges/Sydow (MEM) def. Garcia/Silva (TTU), 6-1

Second Round
Pallares/Taylor (MEM) def. Albin/Vincente (TTU), 6-2
Voges/Sydow (MEM) def. Rodriguez/Marshall (UTC), 6-2

Chattanooga Collegiate Singles
First Round
Jan Pallares (MEM) first-round bye
Jeremy Taylor (MEM) def. Kerim Hyatt (UTC), 6-0, 7-5
Turner Voges (MEM) def. Antonio Selma (TROY), 7-6, 7-6
Patrick Sydow (MEM) first-round bye

Second Round
Pelaya Antuna (TROY) def. Jeremy Taylor (MEM), 7-5, 6-3
Tomas Rodriguez (UTC) def. Turner Voges (MEM), 6-2, 6-2
Patrick Sydow (MEM) def. Carlos Vincente (TTU), 6-4, 3-6, 1-0(8)