2008 Woodie Awards
Men's tennis opens season with pair of losses
UTM Sports Information
Issue date: 2/6/07 Section: Sports
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The Skyhawk men's tennis team dropped its first two matches of the season last weekend to Lipscomb University 4-3 and then to the University of Memphis 7-0.
In the Lipscomb match the men lost the doubles point but fought back in singles winning at the top three positions but could not break through in the bottom three. Despite the loss, Coach Taylor was pleased with the aggressive play his entire team had.
"Even though we lost the match, I was encouraged at the style of play the men had. No one backed down from being offensive and they battled for every point. I think what cost us today was losing that doubles point," said Coach Taylor, Skyhawk head coach.
The men again lost the doubles point in the Memphis match, but this time they just could not break through in any of the singles matches. However, the men kept up their offensive play and were not intimidated at all by a strong team like Memphis.
"I would say the most important thing the men showed me was their attitude. There was no backing down despite being down in matches and they continued to battle every point looking to be on the offensive," added Coach Taylor.
When looking at the weekend as a whole Coach Taylor believed the men improved by around 20 percent.
"I just know if we continue with our style of play and get some more matches under our belt before the conference we are going to be a strong team. We just need to improve each day in practice and learn from these matches and not look at the mistakes but what we did right as a team."
The men will need to learn quickly because they will return to action this weekend when they join the women in Chattanooga on February 10 to take on a strong University of Chattanooga team.
In the Lipscomb match the men lost the doubles point but fought back in singles winning at the top three positions but could not break through in the bottom three. Despite the loss, Coach Taylor was pleased with the aggressive play his entire team had.
"Even though we lost the match, I was encouraged at the style of play the men had. No one backed down from being offensive and they battled for every point. I think what cost us today was losing that doubles point," said Coach Taylor, Skyhawk head coach.
The men again lost the doubles point in the Memphis match, but this time they just could not break through in any of the singles matches. However, the men kept up their offensive play and were not intimidated at all by a strong team like Memphis.
"I would say the most important thing the men showed me was their attitude. There was no backing down despite being down in matches and they continued to battle every point looking to be on the offensive," added Coach Taylor.
When looking at the weekend as a whole Coach Taylor believed the men improved by around 20 percent.
"I just know if we continue with our style of play and get some more matches under our belt before the conference we are going to be a strong team. We just need to improve each day in practice and learn from these matches and not look at the mistakes but what we did right as a team."
The men will need to learn quickly because they will return to action this weekend when they join the women in Chattanooga on February 10 to take on a strong University of Chattanooga team.
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