October 5, 2009

SVENSSON, KROCSKO LEAD RAMS AT ODU COLLEGIATE INVITE

NORFOLK, Va. – If the fall season is any sort of preview for the spring, sophomore Filip Svensson (Angelholm, Sweden) and freshman Krisztian Krocsko (Budapest, Hungary) will be a huge part of the success of the Virginia Commonwealth University men’s tennis squad.

The youthful duo combined for a 4-2 singles mark and a 2-1 doubles mark to led the Rams at this past weekend’s Old Dominion Collegiate Invitational.

Svensson posted his second straight strong weekend with a 2-1 mark on the weekend, with straight set victories over Mehdi Rhazali of Drexel and Austin Longacre of Delaware. The second-year standout smoked Matt Gordan of Coastal Carolina in the first set, 6-0, then suffered a 6-4 loss and dropped the tiebreaker to end his weekend.

For the second time this fall, Krocsko was stellar with hard-fought victories over Dmitry Vlaskin of Coastal Carolina and Davy Sum of Campbell to start the weekend. The newcomer then ran into Jamie Whitford of William & Mary, who dropped Krocsko in straight sets to conclude the weekend.

The duo then joined together to tally doubles victories to reach the semi-finals before falling to the eventual champions from Delaware.

Filip Svensson: B-1 Singles
d. Mehdi Rhazali (Drexel), 6-1, 6-1
d. Austin Longacre (Delaware), 6-4, 7-5
Matt Gordan (Coastal Carolina) d. Svensson, 0-6, 6-4, 1-0 (6)

Krisztian Krocsko : B-1 Singles
d. Dmitry Vlaskin (Coastal Carolina), 6-7 (6), 6-4, 1-0 (3)
d. Davy Sum (Campbell), 7-5, 6-7 (4), 1-0 (7)
Jamie Whitford (William & Mary) d. Krocsko, 6-3, 6-4

C.J. Williams: C-1 Singles
d. Adrian Vodislav (William & Mary), 6-3, 5-7, 1-0 (7)
Henrik Skalmerud (East Carolina) d. Williams, 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (4)

Camil Salomon: D-1 Singles
Nikoloz Kurdadze (Drexel) d. Salomon,4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (4)

Doubles – Svensson/Krocsko
d. Mannino/Skalmerud (East Carolina), 9-7
d. Plamen Tzvetkov/Vlaskin (Coastal Carolina), 8-2
Celik/Longacre (Delaware) d. Svensson/Krocsko, 8-5

Doubles – Williams/Salomon
d. Kurdadze/Savage-Pollock (Drexel), 8-6
King/Smith (JMU) d. Williams/Salomon, 8-5