Feb. 12, 2004
The Georgia Tech men’s tennis team improved to 4-0 on the season with a 7-0 win over Georgia State Thursday afternoon. With the win the Yellow Jackets improve to 4-0 on the year while the Panthers fall to 1-2.
The Yellow Jackets opened the match sweeping the doubles point as Scott Schnugg and Marko Rajevac defeated Miha Lisac and Jaime Rodriguez, 8-2, at No. 1 doubles, Jason Pieters and Jose Luis Muguruza paired to beat Albano Franco and Matija Sulin, 8-6, at No. 2 and Joao Menano and Trevor McLeod defeated Nicolas Lupica and Clarence Boyd, 8-3 at the No. 3 position.
Tech began singles play with a win at No. 3 from West Nott, defeating Lisac by the scores 6-1, 6-2. Muguruza followed with a 7-5, 6-4 win at No. 2 over Rodriguez and then Schnugg clinched the match for the Jackets with a 6-3, 7-5 win over Franco at No. 1. In the other three flights, Rajevac defeated Sulin at the No. 4 position, 6-1, 6-3, Menano beat Boyd 6-2, 7-5 at No. 5 and Zachary Rath swept Daniel Baloq, 6-2, 6-1at the No. 6 flight.
The Yellow Jackets will return to action Monday when they host Middle Tennessee State at 2:30 p.m. at the Bill Moore Tennis Center.
Georgia Tech 7 Georgia State University 0DoublesNo. 1 Scott Schnugg/Marko Rajevac def. Lisac/Rodriguez 8-2No. 2 Jose Muguruza/Jason Pieters def. Franco/Sulin 8-6* No. 3 Joao Menano/Trevor McLeod def. Lupica/Boyd 8-3
Singles ** No. 1 Scott Schnugg def. Albano Franco 6-3, 7-5 No. 2 Jose Luis Muguruza def. Jaime Rodriguez 7-5, 6-4 No. 3 West Nott def. Miha Lisac 6-1, 6-2 No. 4 Marko Rajevac def. Matija Sulin 6-1, 6-3 No. 5 Joao Menano def. Clarence Boyd 6-2, 7-5 No. 6 Zachary Rath def. Daniel Balop 6-2, 6-1
* Clinched doubles point ** Clinched match
