Montgomery, Ala.-Â No. 46 Arizona put on clinic in the first day of the tournament. The Wildcats blew through their first match with No. 27 Middle Tennessee 4-0 to give Head Coach
Clancy Shields his 100
th win of his career. Later in the day, the Saguaro Soldiers took the doubles point against #48 Alabama.
No. 64
Jonas Ziverts cleaned out in the No. 1 spot, with #40
Filip Malbasic,
Alejandro Reguant, and
Nick Lagaev clinch the singles points to lead to the dominant victory. The match against Alabama was close, with
Carlos Hassey and Reguant grabbing a quick doubles point, with Malbasic and Lagaev struggling out a close win.
The Cats return to action tomorrow morning to continue the singles portion of the match against the University of Alabama.
Milestone
Coach Shields hit the 100-win mark with the sweep over Middle Tennessee. Shields has lead the Cats to a 10-1 record this season.
Results
Singles
- No. 64 Jonas Ziverts (ARIZ) def. Tom Moonen (MTSU) 7-5, 6-2
- No. 40 Filip Malbasic (ARIZ) def. Chris Edge (MTSU) 6-3, 6-1
- Alejandro Reguant (ARIZ) def. Stijn Slump (MTSU) 6-1, 6-2
- Igor Karpovets (ARIZ) vs. Max Rauch (MTSU) 7-6, 2-4
- Carlos Hassey (ARIZ) vs. Francisco Rocha (MTSU) 7-6, 1-3
- Nick Lagaev (ARIZ) def. Pavel Motl (MTSU) 6-2, 6-1
Doubles
- Kaukovalta/Nesterov (UA) def. Ziverts/Karpovets (ARIZ) 6-4
- Malbasic/Lagaev (ARIZ) def. Ortiz/Garza (UA) 7-6
- Hassey/Reguant (ARIZ) def. Fischer/Zhou (UA) 6-0