Wednesday, 03/20/2013

The Short Story: Junior Alexis Heugas (pictured, main) led VCU to its sixth win of the season with a 5-2 victory over the visiting Ospreys of North Florida on Homecoming Weekend. Heugas and freshman Dylan McCloskey (pictured, right) teamed to upset the 20th-ranked doubles duo from North Florida as the Rams claimed the doubles point. Heugas then grabbed a quick victory at the top singles spot to secure the win for the Black & Gold.

How It Happened:

    VCU jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead with wins at all three doubles spots, led by Heugas and McCloskey's upset of the 20th-ranked duo from North Florida.
    Senior Max Wennakoski kept things rolling in VCU's favor with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Daniel Sotomarino to push the Rams to a 2-0 cushion.
    Freshman Michal Voscek and Heugas secured the win for the Black & Gold with wins at the fourth and first spots respectively.

VCU 5, North Florida 2

Doubles

1. Heugas/McCloskey def. #20 Buerchner/Nemcsek (UNF), 8-4
2. Argente/Vazquez def. Davisson/Belair (UNF), 8-5
3. Voscek/Wennakoski def. Sotomarino/Kranz (UNF), 8-3

Singles

1. Alexis Heugas def. Moritz Buerchner, 6-0, 7-5
2. Max Wennakoski def. Daniel Sotomarino, 6-1, 6-4
3. Julien Belair def. Alejandro Argente, 7-6(4), 5-7, 10-8
4. Michael Voscek def. Norbert Nemcsek, 6-3, 7-5
5. Pedro Davisson def. Jaime Vazquez, 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3)
6. Dylan McCloskey def. Leonardo Nahar, 6-3, 6-3