MSU Men's Tennis Team Downed 4-2 In First Round To Austin Peay

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4/16/2010 10:06:41 PM

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PADUCAH, Ky. – The Morehead State men’s tennis team couldn’t hold onto an early 1-0 match lead and lost in the first round of the 2010 Ohio Valley Conference Tennis Tournament to No. 5 seed Austin Peay 4-2, Friday afternoon at the Helfin Tennis Center in Paducah, Ky.

In doubles action, the Eagles took the first two matches to grab an early 1-0 lead over the Govs. Bradley Bryan and Lovell Medcalf won over Renan Bezeera and Amar Subasic 8-3 in the two spot and at number three Nathan Blum and Nathan Martin beat John Storie and Leonardo Locatelli 8-6. Greg Anderson and Jerry Sundgren played in the one spot, but their match was unfinished as the Eagles had already taken the 1-0 lead.

In singles play, Anderson grabbed the only victory for the Eagles, when he defeated Locatelli 6-2, 6-1. Austin Peay won the remaining matches to get the come from behind victory. At number three Bryan was bested by Henrique Norbiato 6-1, 6-4 and in the four spot Blum lost to Bezerra 6-3, 6-4. In the sixth spot Martin was defeated by Storie 6-3, 6-0 and the decisive match winner came in the fifth spot as Dusan Milovanovic was beat by Subasic 5-7, 7-6, 6-2. Sundgren’s match in the one spot went unfinished.

The Eagles finished the season with a 10-9 overall record.

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Pepsi Athletes of the Week

Brooke Helms

Women's Tennis

Junior women's tennis player Brooke Helms went undefeated in singles action over the weekend, as she tallied two individual match wins.

Helms clinched the come-from-behind 4-3 victory over Big East power West Virginia, a 7-5, 2-6, 6-4 at number five singles. Helms then was only one of two Eagle netters to score a win in a 5-2 loss at Duquesne, winning 6-3, 6-4 at number five.

Ty Proffitt

Men's Basketball

Men's Basketball senior Ty Proffitt recorded a team-high 18 points on 5-of-6 from the field, 4-of-5 from three-point range and 4-of-4 from the free-throw line in Tuesday’s 75-69 victory over Norfolk State.

He then registered a season-best 20 points on 6-of-10 from the floor, 4-of-7 from long range and 4-of-4 from the charity stripe in Saturday’s 56-50 win over Tennessee Tech.

The guard, who hails from London, Ky., connected on 69 percent from the field (11-of-16) and 67 percent from downtown (8-of-12) in addition to making all eight free-throw attempts. He also committed just four turnovers in 65 minutes last week.

Proffitt was also named Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week for his performances this past week.

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