January 12, 2020

Golden Eagles tripped up by No. 21 Mississippi State in second match of the year

STARKVILLE, Miss. – The Tennessee Tech tennis team secured a pair of singles wins, but a powerful punch at the top of the No. 21 Mississippi State lineup proved to be too much for the Golden Eagles in a 5-2 loss Sunday afternoon.

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Tennessee Tech	Mississippi State
Score	2	5

Doubles

Florian Broska / Nicolas Ocana def. HOLIS, Evzen / VICENTE, Carlos 6-3
KUBOTA, Riku / SILVA, Lucca def. Giovanni Oradini / Davide Tortora 6-2
Alberto Colas / Gregor Ramskogler def. MILA, Marc / TOSETTO, Rafael 6-3

Singles

Giovanni Oradini def. TOSETTO, Rafael 6-3 , 6-1
Florian Broska def. VICENTE, Carlos 6-0 , 6-4
Gregor Ramskogler def. HOLIS, Evzen 6-4 , 4-6 , 6-1
GRUBERT, Elias def. Davide Tortora 6-2 , 7-6 (8-6)
KUBOTA, Riku def. Jonas Hartenstein 6-1 , 4-6 , 6-1
Isaac Becroft def. SILVA, Lucca 6-4 , 3-6 , 6-4

By Dylan Vazzano, TTU Sports Information

STARKVILLE, Miss. – The Tennessee Tech tennis team secured a pair of singles wins, but a powerful punch at the top of the No. 21 Mississippi State lineup proved to be too much for the Golden Eagles in a 5-2 loss Sunday afternoon.

Elias Grubert won for the second-straight day to begin his sophomore season with a 6-2, 7-6 nod over nationally-ranked Davide Tortora out of the No. 4 slot, while junior Riku Kubota claimed a 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 victory against Jonas Hartenstein in the No. 5 position to account for the two Tech points.

Kubota's triumph was one of three singles clashes to go three sets. Newcomer Ezven Holis dropped a three-set affair with a 4-6, 6-4, 1-6 loss to Gregor Ramskogler in the No. 5 spot and Lucca Silva was upended, 4-6, 6-3, 4-6, by Isaac Becroft in the No. 6 matchup.

No. 15 Giovanni Oradini and Florian Broska paced the Bulldogs (4-0) at the top of the lineup with victories out of the first two positions. Oradini powered past Rafael Tosetto with a 6-3, 6-1 nod in the No. 1 battle, while Broska took home a 6-0, 6-4 win against Carlos Vicente in the No. 2 meeting.

The Golden Eagles (0-2) managed a win in the No. 2 doubles position behind a Riku Kubota and Lucca Sliva 6-2 triumph over Giovanni Oradini and Davide Tortora, but MSU collected victories in the other two get-togethers to capture the doubles point. Florian Broska and Nicolas Ocana carded a 6-3 win over Ezven Holis and Carlos Vicente in the top spot and Alberto Colas and Gregor Ramskogler notched a 6-3 nod against Marc Mila and Rafael Tosetto in the No. 3 battle.

Tech will continue a challenging season-opening slate with a third-straight match against a "Power 5" opponent, as the Golden Eagles head to Wake Forest on Saturday, Jan. 18 for the club's next contest. First serve in Winston-Salem, N.C. is scheduled for a 5 p.m. CT.

Photo by Tony Marable