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#11 Georgia
Vols Lose at No. 11 Georgia Tennis, 5-2
March 25, 2016 | Men's Tennis
ATHENS, Ga. — Sophomore Luis Valero scored his first career top-50 singles victory but the Tennessee Volunteers lost 5-2 to 11th-ranked Georgia on Friday at Dan Magill Tennis Center.
The Vols (6-10, 0-6 SEC) lost the doubles point and five of six first sets but came away with a pair of singles victories from Valero on court 2 and freshman Timo Stodder on court 3.
Georgia (11-3, 5-0) clinched the match at 4-0, winning the doubles point and then picking up straight-set victories from Austin Smith on court 1, Walker Duncan on court 4 and Emil Reinberg on court 6.
Tennessee won two of the three remaining matches.
Valero beat No. 34 Wayne Montgomery 1-6, 6-4, [10-3], scoring his first career victory over a top-50 opponent and his first SEC win of the season.
Stodder earned his first conference win in SEC uniform. He beat Georgia freshman Paul Oosterbaan 6-4, 7-6(1) to improve to 5-0 at the No. 3 position this year.
#11 Georgia 5, Tennessee 2
Singles
1. #35 Austin Smith (UGA) def. Igor Smelyanski (UT-M) 6-2, 6-0
2. Luis Valero (UT-M) def. #34 Wayne Montgomery (UGA) 1-6, 6-4, [10-3]
3. Timo Stodder (UT-M) def. Paul Oosterbaan (UGA) 6-4, 7-6(1)
4. #120 Walker Duncan (UGA) def. Srdjan Jakovljevic (UT-M) 6-1, 6-4
5. Jan Zielinski (UGA) def. Jack Schipanski (UT-M) 6-3, 6-4
6. Emil Reinberg (UGA) def. Jack Heslin (UT-M) 6-1, 6-3
Doubles
1. #5 Smith/Wagland (UGA) vs. #20 Schipanski/Valero (UT-M) 4-3, unf
2. #58 Oosterbaan/Zielinski (UGA) def. Heslin/Touliatos (UT-M) 6-2
3. Montgomery/Reinberg (UGA) def. Jakovljevic/Stodder (UT-M) 6-4
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3); Singles (1,4,6,2,5,3)
