No. 31 Tigers pick up 4-1 win over Middle Tennessee

Sunday, April 11

Memphis, Tenn.

1 p.m.

University of Memphis

Middle Tennessee

Photo by: Matthew A. Smith

No. 31 Tigers pick up 4-1 win over Middle Tennessee

Apr 11, 2021 | Men's Tennis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The 31st-ranked Memphis Tigers picked up their fourth-straight win with a 4-1 victory over Middle Tennessee Sunday afternoon in Memphis, Tenn.

The Tigers (9-5) have not lost in nearly a calendar month, since a March 13 setback at No. 30 Tulane.

Memphis' doubles team of Patrick Sydow/Jan Pallares improved to 10-2 on the season with a 6-2 win, and the Tigers earned the doubles point with a 6-3 Oscar Cutting/David Stevenson win.

Stevenson gave the Tigers the first singles point with a 6-3, 6-1 win in the third spot, and Middle Tennessee (13-7) got on the board with a 6-3, 6-2 win by Stijn Slump over Cutting in the number-two position.

But the Tigers won the last two points to take the match, behind a 6-3, 6-4 win by James Story in the first position and a 7-5, 6-1 triumph by Jeremy Taylor in the number-five game.

Memphis concludes the regular season Friday at South Florida and next Sunday at UCF.

Results
Singles
1. James Story (MEM) def. Francisco Rocha (MTSU) 6-3, 6-4
2. Stijn Slump (MTSU) def. Oscar Cutting (MEM) 6-3, 6-2
3. David Stevenson (MEM) def. Tom Moonen (MTSU) 6-3, 6-1
4. Jan Pallares (MEM) vs. Chris Edge (MTSU) 6-7, 6-6, unfinished
5. Jeremy Taylor (MEM) def. Pavel Motl (MTSU) 7-5, 6-1
6. Pau Fanlo (MEM) vs. Oskar Michalek (MTSU) 1-6, 5-6, unfinished

Doubles
1. Oscar Cutting/David Stevenson (MEM) def. Pavel Motl/Stijn Slump (MTSU) 6-3
2. Patrick Sydow/Jan Pallares (MEM) def. Tom Moonen/Chris Edge (MTSU) 6-2
3. James Story/Jeremy Taylor (MEM) vs. Francisco Rocha/Max Rauch (MTSU) 5-2, unfinished

Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (3,2,1,5)