Pernas earns Bucs lone point 

TUCALOOSA, Ala. (Feb. 17, 2023) – On Friday afternoon, the ETSU men’s tennis team suffered a 6-1 loss in Tuscaloosa to Alabama. Closing out an eight game road haul, ETSU steals a doubles and singles match to secure a point.

Thiago Pernas (Buenos Aires, Argentina) finished the day 2-2, earning a two-set match victory over German Samofalov with scores of 7-5 and 6-4. In his doubles contest, Pernas and Peter Kalocsai (Hungary) defeated the duo of Enzo Aguiard and Zach Foster, 6-3 to improve to a combined 3-1 as a doubles partnership.

Singles:

1.#39 Enzo Aguiard (UA) def. Dimitri Badra (ETSU) 6-4, 6-1
2. Thiago Pernas (ETSU) def. German Samofalov (UA) 7-5, 6-4
3. Roan Jones (UA) def. Pedro Cressoni (ETSU) 6-4, 6-1
4. Matias Ponce De Leon (UA) def. Adam Nagoudi (ETSU) 6-2, 6-2
5. Yair Sarouk (UA) def. Lucas Britez (ETSU) 4-6, 6-0, 6-1
6. Joao Ferreira (UA) def. Francisco Lamas (ETSU) 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 10-6

Doubles:

Peter Kalocsai/Thiago Pernas (ETSU) def. Enzo Aguiard/Zach Foster (UA) 6-3

Roan Jones/German Samofalov (UA) def. Dimitri Badra/Adam Nagoudi (ETSU) 6-4

Joao Ferreira/Yair Sarouk (UA) def. Francisco Lamas/Juan Lobisano (ETSU) 6-2

Records: ETSU 0-8, Alabama 8-2.

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The Bucs will play their home opener next Friday, Feb. 24 as they host Troy at 2 p.m.

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