Tigers Defeat Birmingham Southern in Men’s Tennis

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Coming out of the doubles competition down 2-1, the University of West Alabama men's tennis team won four of six singles matches to earn 5-4 college tennis victory over Birmingham Southern College Sunday at the Ann Dielen Tennis Complex.

West Alabama improved its record to 5-4. BSC dropped to 3-2.

Christopher Wood and Julius Kaverinen won #1 doubles, 8-4, over BSC's Patrick Hire and Alex Makarenko, but the Panthers won the other two matches to take the lead out of doubles competition.

West Alabama roared back in singles, taking four wins. Kaverinen won at #2, Nicolai Jochamowitz won at #3, Christopher Wood at #4 and Andrii Stratiienko at #5 to ensure West Alabama's second road victory in as many days. The Tigers defeated NCAA Division I opponent Alabama State on Saturday.

After an exhibition match against Marion Military Institute on Wednesday the Tigers return to Gulf South Conference play at North Alabama on Saturday.

Following are complete results from UWA's win at BSC on Sunday:

Doubles
#1 Doubles	Patrick Hire Alex Makarenko	Christopher Wood Julius Kaverinen	University of West Alabama	8-4
#2 Doubles	Jacob Weinacker Anthony Pellegrini	Andrii Stratiienko Nicolai Jochamowitz	Birmingham-Southern College	8-2
#3 Doubles	Henry Crosby David Goodloe	Prabh Bal Casper Schuetze	Birmingham-Southern College	8-5

Singles

#1 Singles	Alex Makarenko	Casper Schuetze	Birmingham-Southern College	6-0 6-3
#2 Singles	Jacob Weinacker	Julius Kaverinen	University of West Alabama	6-2 6-3
#3 Singles	Patrick Hire	Nicolai Jochamowitz	University of West Alabama	5-7 6-3 7-5
#4 Singles	George Chunn	Christopher Wood	University of West Alabama	6-2 6-1
#5 Singles	Anthony Pellegrini	Andrii Stratiienko	University of West Alabama	6-1 7-5
#6 Singles	Lee Thompson	Prabh Bal	Birmingham-Southern College	6-3 6-3

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Players Mentioned

Nicolai Jochamowitz: 5' 8"; Sophomore

Andrii Stratiienko: 5' 10"; Sophomore

Christopher Wood: 6' 4"; Junior

Julius Kaverinen: 5' 9"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Nicolai Jochamowitz
: 5' 8"; Sophomore

Andrii Stratiienko
: 5' 10"; Sophomore

Christopher Wood
: 6' 4"; Junior

Julius Kaverinen
: 5' 9"; Freshman