Score: VCU 4, #64 Middle Tennessee State 3
Location: Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Buck Bouldin Tennis Center)
Records: VCU 15-7, MTSU 14-7
The short story: VCU freshman Philip Mobius rallied for a three-set win on the No. 6 singles court to clinch a 4-3 win at Middle Tennessee State Sunday.
FIRST SERVE
- Mobius fell behind Robin Riethmueller 6-3 in the first set, but rallied for 6-3 and 7-5 victories in the final two frames to give the Rams the victory.
- VCU trailed 2-1 in the match, but closed out three of the final four singles matches to earn its 15th win of the season.
- Junior Catalin Fifea knotted the match at 2-all when he edged Gian Issa 7-6 (7-2), 6-4 on the No. 4 court.
- Moments later, Vitor Lima pushed Middle Tennessee State to the brink when he breezed through the final two sets of a 4-6, 6-1, 6-3 triumph over Miguel Negre at second singles.
RESULTS
VCU 4, #64 MTSU 3
Singles
1-Gonzalo Morell (MT) def. Michal Voscek, 6-2, 6-1
2-Vitor Lima (VCU) def. Miguel Negre, 4-6, 6-1, 6-3
3-Ayed Zatar Cordero (MT) def. Daryl Monfils, 6-1, 6-1
4-Catalin Fifea (VCU) def. Gian Issa, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4
5-Luis Morillo Diaz (MT) def. Louis Ishizaka, 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7-3)
6-Philip Mobius (VCU) def. Robin Riethmueller, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5
Order of finish: 3, 1, 4, 2, 5, 6
Doubles
1-Zatar Cordero/Morell (MT) vs. Lima/Monfils, 5-5 DNF
2-Arvid Noren/Ishizaka (VCU) def. Negre/Issa, 6-4
3-Fifea/Voscek (VCU) def. Dima Zyhmantovish/Morillo Diaz, 6-1
Order of finish: 3, 2
UP NEXT
The Rams return home for a match with former conference rival William & Mary on Wednesday, April 6 at 3 p.m. at Thalhimer Tennis Center.
