CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga men's tennis team won its third straight match with a 6-1 victory over Lee University today. The Mocs improve to 4-6 on the year, while the Flames drop to 0-3.
Chattanooga is on its first three-match winning streak since the spring of 2008 when it won seven in a row. UTC has grabbed the doubles point in each of the last three wins, including today when it took the No. 2 and No. 3 matches.
Sophomores Stephen Crofford and Jackson Tresnan started the afternoon off with an 8-1 win over Zach Smith and Renan Molineiro. Crofford and Tresnan have won three of their last four doubles matches since being paired at No. 2.
Freshman Trent Cobb and Orlando Lourenco won their match at No. 3, 8-0, over Michael Hewgley and Andre Ishida. It was Lourenco's first career doubles action.
Sophomores Chris Smith and Roberto Vieira dropped their No. 1 contest to Michael Yokosuk and Richard Gamble, 8-4.
The Mocs took a 2-0 lead when Tresnan won his sixth-straight at No. 4. He defeated Smith 6-1, 6-0 to improve to 9-7 on the year. His nine singles wins lead the team.
Smith followed that up with a 6-0, 6-1 win over Molineiro at No. 3. It was his third-straight win as he improves to 3-4 at No. 3. Sophomore William Disterdick also won his third in a row and clinched the match with his 6-1, 6-2 victory over Marcelo Martinelli at No. 5.
Vieira and senior Rick van de Bovenkamp closed out the Mocs' scoring with wins at No. 1 and No. 6, respectively. Van de Bovenkamp is 6-5 on the year, tying his career-high for wins in a season. Cobb lost the only point on the day for UTC, falling to Gamble in three sets (2-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-6)) at No. 2.
The Mocs open Southern Conference action this weekend with a trip to Davidson on Sunday, March 6.