A Sea Of Red

2006 Results
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2006 schedule

January 28, 2006 (6:30 p.m.) Appalachian State....................................L (7-0)

February 11, 2006 (6:30 p.m.) Mary Washington ...................................CANCELLED
February 18, 2006 (6:30 p.m.) Richmond.................................................L (4-0)

March 8, 2006 (1 p.m.) Virginia Intermont ...............................................L (4-3)
March 9, 2006 (3 p.m.) vs. Radford*..........................................................L (6-1)
March 11, 2006 (1 p.m.) vs. Coastal Carolina*........................................L (5-2)
March 13, 2006 (Noon) vs. Charleston Southern*....................................L (4-2)
March 16, 2006 (1 p.m.) vs. UNC-Wilmington...........................................L (7-0)
March 17, 2006 (1 p.m.) vs. North Carolina A&T......................................W (7-0)
March 18, 2006 (1:30 p.m.) UNC Asheville* ...........................................L (4-3)
March 21, 2006 (2:30 p.m.) vs. James Madison ......................................L (4-3)
March 28, 2006 (12:30 p.m.) Birmingham-Southern*..............................L (4-3)
March 30, 2006 (1 p.m.) vs. High Point*...................................................L (6-1)

April 1, 2006 (1 p.m.) vs. Howard...............................................................W (6-1)
April 7, 2006 (2 p.m.) vs. Longwood...........................................................L (4-3)
April 8, 2006 (9 a.m.) Gardner-Webb ........................................................CANCELLED
April 8, 2006 (7 p.m.) vs. Elon....................................................................CANCELLED
April 9, 2006 (Noon) Winthrop* .................................................................L (6-1)

Big South Tourney
April 13, 2006 (9:30 a.m.) vs. Radford.......................................................L (4-1)

*denotes conf match

Considering we have no coach as of yet- this is probably as good as we could have expected at this point.

Men’s Tennis Team Predicted To Finish Sixth In Big South Preseason Poll

January 20, 2006 · Charlotte, N.C.

The Liberty University men’s tennis team has been predicted to finish sixth in the Big South Conference as the league released it annual preseason poll yesterday evening which is voted on by the conference’s head men’s tennis coaches and Sports Information Directors.

The two-time defending Big South champion Winthrop men’s tennis team has been chosen first in the Big South Conference’s annual preseason poll. The Eagles received 15 out of 16 first place votes and 127 out of a possible 128 points.

The Flames received 41 points in being picked sixth. Liberty returns three players from last year’s 10-11 squad. Returning seniors Braen Aneiros (Panama City, Panama), Priit Pihl (Saue, Estonia) and Carlos Cardona (Bogotá, Columbia) will be joined by four newcomers.

The Flames kickoff their 2006 schedule by hosting Appalachian State indoors at the Sports Racket on January 26 at 6:30 p.m. The season is schedule to conclude at the Big South Conference Men’s Tennis Championship from April 13-15 on the campus of Birmingham-Southern.

2006 Big South Conference Preseason Men’s Tennis Poll (combined votes)

Rk Team (first-place votes) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Points

1. Winthrop (15) 120 7 -- -- -- -- -- -- 127

2. Radford (1) 8 49 18 10 4 6 -- -- 95

3. Birmingham-Southern -- 49 12 15 8 6 -- -- 90

4. Charleston Southern -- -- 36 20 16 3 2 -- 77

5. High Point -- 7 30 15 20 4 -- -- 76

6. Liberty -- -- -- 5 8 12 14 2 41

7. Coastal Carolina -- -- -- -- 8 15 8 5 36

8. UNC Asheville -- -- -- 15 -- 6 4 9 34

and Hubbard's new team, UNCA, is predicted to finish below us...I guess we can take solace in that.

we still need a head coach. I'm guessing one is NOT going to be named in the next day and a half.

Assuming Ms. Aguilar has the job by default, at least for the time being?

we drop the first one of the year- can only improve from here: GO FLAMES!

Flames Drop Season Opener

January 28, 2006 · Lynchburg, Va.

The Liberty Flames found the going tough in the season opener as they fell, 7-0, to the Appalachian State Mountaineers, indoors at the Sports Racket, Saturday night.

Despite prevailing in a hard fought #1 doubles match, the Flames were unable to get the point for doubles as the Mountaineers rebounded to take both the #2 and #3 doubles. The Liberty tandem of Priit Pihl (Sr., Saue, Estonia) and Jarda Trojan (So., Prague, Czech Republic) edged Appalachian State’s Ryan Brookshaw and Alex Probst, 9-8, for the victory in the #1 doubles match.

The Mountaineers then swept the singles matches despite strong efforts by two Flames for the match win. Pihl lost the first set of his #1 singles match with Probst, 6-4, only to rally to win the second set, 6-2, before dropping the match in a tiebreaker, 10-8. After dropping his first set in a tiebreaker, Braen Aneiros (Sr., Panama City, Panama) rebounded to take the second set of his match, before also falling in a tiebreaker, 7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 11-9, to Andrew Taylor.

With the non-conference loss, Liberty falls to 0-1 overall, while Appalachian State starts the season, 1-0 overall.

The Flames are next in action on February 11 as they host Mary Washington at 6:30 p.m. indoors at the Sports Racket.

Mary Washington - Liberty Tennis Match Canceled

February 11, 2006 · Lynchburg, Va.

The men's tennis match between Mary Washington and Liberty scheduled for today has been canceled due to inclement weather.

an indoor event cancelled due to weather? I'm assuming travel was affected.

Flames Drop Match To Spiders

February 18, 2006 · Lynchburg, Va.

The Richmond Spiders won the first four points of the night to claim a 4-0 non-conference victory over the Liberty Flames indoors Saturday night at the Sports Racket.

The Spiders opened the night by claiming the doubles point with a win at #2 doubles and a default at #3 doubles.

Richmond then won the first two completed singles matches along with taking the #6 singles by default to close out the match.

Richmond moves to 4-6 with the victory, while Liberty falls to 0-2.

The Flames next host Virginia Intermont outdoors at the Hershey-Eshbenshade Tennis Courts on Wednesday, March 8. Match time is schedule for 1 p.m.

Doubles:
Priit Pihl/Jarda Trojan (LU) vs. Bobby Mcnally/Sami Belakhlef (UR), DNF
Doug Banker/Brett Waikort (UR) defeated Carlos Cardona/Joseph Withers (LU), 8-1
Chris Lovis/Mike Sommer (UR) won by default

Singles:
Priit Pihl (LU) vs. Doug Banker (UR), DNF
Bobby McNally (UR) defeated Jarda Trojan (LU) 7-6 (2), 6-1
Sami Belakhlef (UR) vs. Carlos Cardona, DNF
Chris Lovis (UR) vs. Joseph Withers (LU), DNF
Brett Waikort (UR) defeated Fabricio Picanco (LU), 6-1, 6-4
Mike Sommer (UR) won by default

can someone explain the 2 defaults (LU) and 4 DNF's (both teams overall)?

what is going on with this program? this is a little embarrassing for a D1 program, is it not?
the only saving grace(s) are: A. its early in the season and B: it was a non-conf match

To clarify the DNFs, since a team needs four points to win the match, the Richmond coach requested that once four points were won by a team the match was over. All the matches were contested, but there was no results as the matches were stopped once Richmond hit four points.

Richmond was in a hurry to get to Greensboro to play the next day. It doesn't explain the defaults, but that's why four matches ended as Did Not Played.

appreciate the insight there HELPER. Had no idea that happened. Hmmmm,

thanks again and welcome to the board

but still a(nother) loss

Virginia Intermont Edges Liberty

March 8, 2006 · Lynchburg, Va.

The Virginia Intermont Cobras won the doubles point then split the singles matches with the Liberty Flames for a 4-3 victory, Wednesday afternoon at the E.C. Glass Tennis Courts.

The Cobras claimed the doubles point to take a 1-0 lead to open the match. The Flames tandem of Joseph Withers (Fr., Peoria, Ill.) and Sebastian Pena (So., Santiago , Chile) won Liberty’s lone doubles match, 8-6, over Jon Jonsson and Arturo Hernandez at #2 doubles.

The two teams then split the six singles matches to give Virginia Intermont the team victory. Jara Trojan (Prague, Czech Republic) and Pena, the only dual winner for the Flames, won their matches in tiebreakers, while Carlos Cardona (Sr., Bogota, Columbia) was the only Liberty player to win in straight sets in singles.

The Flames fall to 0-3 on the season.

Liberty begins Big South match play tomorrow afternoon by hosting rival Radford at the E.C. Glass Tennis Courts. The match is scheduled for 3 p.m.

Doubles
1. Travis Sandlant/Alex Eisler-Ahlgren (VIC) def. Priit Pihl/Jarda Trojan (LU) 8-4
2. Joseph Withers/Sebastian Pena (LU) def. Jon Jonsson/Arturo Hernandez (VI) 8-6
3. Jonatan Berhane/Milan Kosicky (VIC) def. Braen Aneiros/Carlos Cardona (LU) 8-3

Singles
1. Travis Sandlant (VIC) def. Priit Pihl (LU) 6-3, 6-2
2. JardaTrojan (LU) def. Alex Eister-Ahlgren (VI) 2-6, 6-4 (10-8)
3. Carlos Cardona (LU) def. Jon Jonsson (VI) 6-1, 6-2
4. Jonatan Berhane (VIC) def. Joseph Withers (LU) 6-0, 6-2
5. Sebastian Pena (LU) def. Arturo Hernandez (VI) 6-2, 7-6 (7-5)
6. Andrew Conley (VI) def. Fabricio Picanco (LU) 6-1, 6-1

anyone know the disposition of the supposed Georgetown match on 4/1? It was originally listed on the schedule but is no longer on it (on the official site).

also, 4/8 has us home (GW) at 0900 and away (Elon) at 7PM (in NC)- is this a split squad deal or do they travel fast?

Elon is only 3 hours away...I'm sure its doable to play GW at home and then go to Elon on the same time...pretty tiring day though.

Guess I am going to open a can of worms here, but I've been fairly well behaved, today, thus far.
What the heck do you expect the team to do with NO COACH. Only at LU can there be a coach with no team (wrestling--but that is being done the RIGHT way) and a team with no coach. UNBELIEVABLE. It will only get worse, b/c I can't imagine what recruiting is looking like for next year. What are the morons at the top smoking. It's not like they've had most of NOVEMBER, DECEMBER, JAN, AND FEB to get a warm body in here. It's amazing how many people are willing to drink the LU kool aid but don't have the sense to go to JF and get the man to make a decision.
Now, some of you will say, "We had no AD." You might be the same people who seemed OK with the AD being just a figurehead with no real power to hire and fire. Folks, it just can't work both ways. You can't tell me that someone, somewhere in the hierarchy, doesn't know that this is a real problem (not having a coach)--or did the folks that precipitated the November blood letting not stop to think. YA THINK!!!
Thus ends the Thursday evening rant!

wow. have you offered your services as a consultant?

You have been well behavied that's why I'm going to take it easy on you!

but they do have a coach and she's HOTTTT.....but really I've talked to a few of the players and they are confindent in her ability to hold down the fort until the end of the sem. and then one will be hired.....but yeah, they do and they seem to like her pretty good..as well as I

I refer to a REAL coach, not an interim GIRL coach.

they do too but the point was they are happy for the time being and then find someone in the off season...if this was a team sport I'd understand but it's kind of like if something was to happen to our golf coach, a really good looking girl could run that team for a little bit until something was found....baseball, basketball, etc could not

Georgetown canceled our match with them. We are also going to play twice on the day you mentioned.

HMO--get back to paying attention in class. You seem to contradict our own argument in the baseball thread. A totally wasted season--this year and probably next, too, but it's "OK" because the players seem to "like her?" Yagottabekiddinme! Yet a team that is what, 11-3, who the players can't stand, is catching grief. URKILLINME!!

not to mention the fact that those were quite possibly some of the most sexist posts we've had on here yet! Nice going HMO- you outdid yourself!

and Thanks to FYI for the update- appreciate hearing from team members (I'm assuming you are one)

With posts like that, Holding My Own will be

Still wondering why we are using HS courts for these matches? FYI are you still around?

Flames Fall To Radford In Big South Opener

March 9, 2006 · Lynchburg, Va.

The Radford Highlanders defeated the Liberty Flames’, 6-1, in the Flames’ Big South opener, Thursday afternoon at the E.C. Glass High School Tennis Courts.

The Flames drop to 0-4 and 0-1 in the Big South play, while the Highlanders improve to 8-1 overall and 3-0 in the conference.

Radford swept the three doubles matches to earn the first point of the day.

In the singles, they would then take five of six matches, all in straight sets to claim the match victory. Sebastian Pena (So., Santiago, Chile) was the lone winner on the day, winning in a tiebreaker, 7-6 (7-5), 0-6, 10-8, in #6 singles.

The Flames continue Big South match play on Saturday at Coastal Carolina. Match time is set for 1 p.m.


DOUBLES
1. Martin Sayer/Arthur Vasarevic (RU) def. Priit Pihl/Jarda Trojan (LU) 8-4
2. Mehdi Benhammou/Tyler Early (RU) def. Sebastian Pena/Joe Withers (LU) 8-4
3. James Lloyd/Brandon Johnson (RU) def. Braen Aneiros/Carlos Cardona (LU) 8-5

SINGLES
1. #22 Martin Sayer (RU) def. Jarda Trojan (LU) 6-0, 6-0
2. #122 James Lloyd (RU) def. Priit Pihl (LU) 6-1, 6-2
3. Arthur Vasarevic (RU) def. Carlos Cardona (LU) 6-2, 6-4
4. Mehdi Benhammou (RU) def. Braen Aneiros (LU) 6-0, 6-1
5. Brandon Johnson (RU) def. Joe Withers (LU) 6-1, 6-3
6. Sebastian Pena (LU) def. Tyler Early (RU) 7-6 (5), 0-6, 10-8

I guess the reason we're playing at Glass right now is b/c only 3 of our courts are actually match-worthy at the moment...the condition of the bottom 4 are just deplorable at the moment. But thats just speculation, I don't really know the whole reason

what happened to the courts? all that snow you had, maybe!

(they look fine in this shot)


Hershey-Espenshade Tennis Courts