NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 6) - The University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Men's Tennis team dropped a single match on Friday to Cumberland and a doubleheader to Tennessee State on Saturday at the Handley Park Tennis Courts.
In their Friday matchup Cumberland defeated UAPB, 7-0.
In No. 1 singles play Sajid Rahman lost to Anatoliy Laskul in three sets, with Lashkull winning the first set, 6-0. Rahman would win the second set, 6-4 to force the tiebreaker. Lashkul pulled out a 6-2 win in the third set to win the No. 1 singles point.
Simon Lewis fell to Thiago Lopes in two sets with Lopes winning the first set 6-2 and the second set 6-3 in No. 2 singles play.
Khusto Leowaba in No. 5 singles play lost to Azel Lucich in two sets edging Leowaba 7-6 in the first set and winning the second set 6-0.
On Saturday, TSU sweep UAPB winning both matches, 7-0.
Cumberland University 7, Arkansas at Pine Bluff 0
Feb 05, 2016 at Hadley Park (Nashville, Tenn.)
| Singles competition |
| 1. LASHKUL,Anatoliy (CU) def. RAHMAN,Sajid (UAPBM) 6-0, 4-6, 6-2 |
| 2. LOPES,Thiago (CU) def. LEWIS,Simon (UAPBM) 6-2, 6-3 |
| 3. GARCIA,Alejandro (CU) def. GREIG,Jualon (UAPBM) 6-3, 6-0 |
| 4. TSHIRKIN,Jakov (CU) def. HANIF,Fudaeel (UAPBM) 6-0, 6-1 |
| 5. LUCICH,Axel (CU) def. LEOWABA,Khusto (UAPBM) 7-6, 6-0 |
| 6. NELSON,Dylan (CU) def. BUTLER,Edward (UAPBM) 6-0, 6-0 |
| Doubles competition |
| 1. LASHKUL,Anatoliy/LOPES,Thiago (CU) def. RAHMAN,Sajid/LEOWABA,Khusto (UAPBM) 6-3 |
| 2. GREIG,Jualon/LEWIS,Simon (UAPBM) def. GARCIA,Alejandro/NELSON,Dylan (CU) 6-3 |
| 3. TSHIRKIN,Jakov/LUCICH,Axel (CU) def. HANIF,Fudaeel/BUTLER,Edward (UAPBM) 6-1 |
Tennessee State 7, Arkansas at Pine Bluff 0
Feb 06, 2016 at Handley Park (Nashville, Tenn.)
| Singles competition |
| 1. BERNAL,Daniel (TSU) def. RAHMAN,Sajid (UAPBM) 6-3, 6-2 |
| 2. NAUTIYAL,Shashank (TSU) def. GREIG,Jualon (UAPBM) 6-2, 6-3 |
| 3. BURTON,Kyle (TSU) def. LEWIS,Simon (UAPBM) 6-3, 6-3 |
| 4. RODRIGUEZ,Jorge (TSU) def. LEOWABA,Khusto (UAPBM) 6-2, 6-0 |
| 5. MADDOX,Grant (TSU) def. HANIF,Fudaeel (UAPBM) 6-0, 6-0 |
| 6. DANIEL,Amir (TSU) def. BUTLER,Edward (UAPBM) 6-2, 6-0 |
| Doubles competition |
| 1. BURTON,Kyle/NAUTIYAL,Shashank (TSU) def. RAHMAN,Sajid/LEOWABA,Khusto (UAPBM) 6-3 |
| 2. MADDOX,Grant/BERNAL,Daniel (TSU) def. GREIG,Jualon/LEWIS,Simon (UAPBM) 6-4 |
| 3. DANIEL,Amir/RODRIGUEZ,Jorge (TSU) def. HANIF,Fudaeel/BUTLER,Edward (UAPBM) 6-1 |
Tennessee State 7, Arkansas at Pine Bluff 0
Feb 07, 2016 at Walker Tennis Courts (Nashville, Tenn.)
| Singles competition |
| 1. NAUTIYAL,Shashank (TSU) def. RAHMAN,Sajid (UAPBM) 6-4, 6-0 |
| 2. BERNAL,Daniel (TSU) def. GREIG,Jualon (UAPBM) 6-3, 6-4 |
| 3. RODRIGUEZ,Jorge (TSU) def. LEWIS,Simon (UAPBM) 6-3, 6-1 |
| 4. MADDOX,Grant (TSU) def. LEOWABA,Khusto (UAPBM) 6-0, 6-0 |
| 5. BURTON,Kyle (TSU) def. HANIF,Fudaeel (UAPBM) 6-0, 6-0 |
| 6. DANIEL,Amir (TSU) def. BUTLER,Edward (UAPBM) 6-2, 6-0 |
| Doubles competition |
| 1. NAUTIYAL,Shashank/BURTON,Kyle (TSU) def. RAHMAN,Sajid/GREIG,Jualon (UAPBM) 7-5 |
| 2. BERNAL,Daniel/RODRIGUEZ,Jorge (TSU) def. LEOWABA,Khusto/LEWIS,Simon (UAPBM) 6-3 |
| 3. MADDOX,Grant/DANIEL,Amir (TSU) def. BUTLER,Edward/HANIF,Fudaeel (UAPBM) 6-1 |