Score: VCU 6, Binghamton 1
Location: Richmond, Va. (Thalhimer Tennis Center)
Records: VCU 8-1, Binghamton 4-3
The short story: Arvid Noren, Philip Mobius and Catalin Fifea were each victorious in both singles and doubles play as VCU extended its win streak to four matches with a 6-1 triumph over Binghamton Friday at Thalhimer Tennis Center.
FIRST SERVE
- Fifea improved to 7-0 in spring singles action when he outlasted Eliot Hureau, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 on the No. 2 court.
- The match of the day, however, transpired on the No. 4 singles court. Ludovico Cestarollo and VCU's Daryl Monfils battled in an epic first set. Cestarollo eventually edged Monfils 7-6 (12-10). But Monfils would have the last laugh. He recovered for 6-3, 6-4 wins in the final two sets to earn the win.
- VCU has won four straight matches by a combined score of 21-2.
RESULTS
VCU 6, Binghamton 1
Singles
1- Sid Hazarika (BU) def. Michal Voscek, 6-3, 6-4
2-Catalin Fifea (VCU) def. Eliot Hureau, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3
3-Arvid Noren (VCU) def. Thomas Caputo, 6-3, 6-4
4-Daryl Monfils (VCU) def. Ludovico Cestarollo, 6-7 (10-12), 6-3, 6-4
5-Philip Mobius (VCU) def. Valentin Bouchet, 6-3, 6-1
6-Louis Ishizaka (VCU) def. Inigo Saez, 6-1, 6-2
Order of finish: 5, 1, 3, 2, 6, 4
Doubles
1-Hureau/Cestarollo (BU) def. Lima/Monfils, 6-2
2-Noren/Mobius (VCU) def. Hazarika/Bouchet, 6-4
3-Voscek/Fifea (VCU) def. Caputo/Josh Druger, 6-4
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3
WHAT'S NEXT
- VCU will take the rest of the weekend off as it preps to host crosstown rival Richmond on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 4 p.m. at Thalhimer Tennis Center.
