RICHMOND, Va. – Senior Michal Voscek (Bratislava, Slovakia) won all four of his singles matches and VCU swept to four straight wins to open the season this weekend at the VCU 4-1 Invitational the Thalhimer Tennis Center.
The Rams swept Howard 5-0 on Saturday and Morgan State twice, once each day. On Sunday the Rams also topped Georgetown 4-1.
Voscek, 14-8 last season on the No. 1 court for VCU, won all four matches in straight sets and surrendered just 11 games during the weekend.
Junior Catalin Fifea (Bucharest, Romania) captured three singles wins for the Rams in as many tries, while freshman Arvid Noren (Pitea, Sweden) earned two doubles and two singles triumphs.
The Rams will return to the courts on Sunday, Jan. 24 when they host Radford and Norfolk State at the Thalhimer Tennis Center. Those contests will also use the 4-1 format.
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VCU RESULTS
Saturday, Jan. 16
VCU 5, Morgan State 0
Singles
1- Michal Voscek (VCU) def. Evan Ward, 6-1, 6-2
2- Vitor Lima (VCU) def. Jeremy Field, 6-3, 4-6, 10-4
3- Catalin Fifea (VCU) def. Arjun Ramakrishnan, 6-2, 6-2
4- Daryl Monfils (VCU) def. Lucas Krusinski, 6-2, 6-0
Doubles
1- Philip Mobius/Arvid Noren (VCU) def. Sagar Sathyanarayanan/Felix Andre, 6-0, 6-0
Order of Finish: #4, Doubles, #3, #1, #2
VCU 5, Howard 0
Singles
1- Michal Voscek (VCU) def. Ismael Kaouache, 6-1, 6-0
2- Arvid Noren (VCU) def. William Jones III, 6-0, 6-1
3- Philip Mobius (VCU) def. Myron Davis, 6-1, 6-0
4- Jacob Svensson (VCU) def. Spencer Kelly, 6-2, 6-0
Doubles
1- Daryl Monfils/Louis Ishizaka (VCU) vs. Laguna Foster Jr./Nico Sorrell, 6-1, 6-0
Order of Finish: Doubles, #1, #2, #3 #4
Sunday, Jan. 17
VCU 4, Georgetown 1
Singles
1- Michal Voscek (VCU) def. Daniel Khanin, 6-3, 6-2
2- Vitor Lima (VCU) def. Marco Lam, 6-3, 6-2
3- Catalin Fifea (VCU) def. Peter Beatty, 6-4, 6-4
4- Arvid Noren (VCU) def. Will Sharton, 6-0, 6-2
Doubles
1- Jordan Portner/Michael Chen (GU) def. Daryl Monfils/Louis Ishizaka, 6-2, 6-1
Order of Finish: Doubles, #4, #1, #3, #2
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VCU 5, Morgan State 0
Singles
1- Catalin Fifea (VCU) vs. Evan Ward (MSU) 6-2, 7-6(3)
2- Michal Voscek (VCU) def. Jeremy Field (MSU) 6-1, 6-1
3- Daryl Monfils (VCU) def. Arjun Ramakrishnan (MSU) 6-2, 6-2
4- Philip Mobius (VCU) def. Lucas Krusinski (MSU) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles
1- Jacob Svensson/Arvid Noren (VCU) vs. Felix Andre/Sagar Sathyanarayanan (MSU) 6-1, 6-3
Order of Finish: #1, #4, #3, Doubles, #1
