Charlotte Men's Tennis Gets First Action at UVa Fall Invitational

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Charlotte's Roy Sichel began his 2007-2008 season with a victory at the UVa Invitational

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Sichel and Bernhoerster Net First Wins of 2007-08

Sept. 17, 2007

Charlottesville, Va. - The Charlotte 49ers men's tennis program got the 2007-2008 season underway by sending competitors to the University of Virginia Invitational over the weekend. Individuals Roy Sichel and Felix Bernhoerster both recorded wins during the tournament to get their years started.

Sichel got off to a slow start in his first match of the Yellow bracket, losing 6-0 in the first set to Old Dominion's Alex Seleznev, but the Charlotte senior powered past him 7-5 and 6-4 to win the match. In the semifinals, Sichel started strong, but fell to Elon's Damon Gooch 3-6, 7-6, 6-3.

After dropping his first match to Western Michigan's Casey Cullen in two sets, Bernhoerster gutted out a win in the consolation semifinals in the Gray bracket, defeating Binghamton's Andreas Danielson 5-7, 7-6, 10-5. He dropped the consolation final to Elon's Cody Stauffer-MacDowell 8-5.

The doubles tandem of Bernhoerster and Brad Clinard were put in a tough draw, facing Virginia's Somdev Devvarman and Treat Huey in the opening round of the A-1 doubles bracket. The Virginia pair started their march to the A-1 title, with the 8-2 win over the Charlotte pair. A doubles pair from Old Dominion won the consolation match versus the Bernhoerster and Clinard.

Charlotte will send individuals to the Southern Intercollegiates and to a tournament at UNC Chapel Hill this weekend.