Oct. 2, 2010
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The University of Notre Dame men’s tennis team concluded Saturday’s Chowder Fest Tournament in Cambridge, Mass. with a 15-2 record on the day, earning nine singles and six doubles victories at the Beren Tennis Center. The Irish moved to a combined to 21-5 in the tournament.
Six members of the Irish squad battled South Carolina and finished undefeated singles play. Seniors Stephen Havens (Cincinnati, Ohio/Hill Christian) and Tyler Davis (Nashville, Tenn./Father Ryan), junior Niall Fitzgerald (Wicklow Ireland/Blackrock College), sophomores Michael Moore (Glenview, Ill./Glenbrook South) and Spencer Talmadge (Hillsborough, Calif./Junipero Serra) and freshman Billy Pecor (Scottsdale, Ariz./Chaparral) enter the final day of the tournament with intact records.
Notre Dame recorded six doubles victories as Havens and Tyler Davis (Nashville, Tenn./Father Ryan) defeated Christo Schultz and Johnathan Pearlman of Harvard, 9-8 and Harry Menzies and Ivan Machado of South Carolina. David Anderson (Sandwich, Mass./Sandwich) and Sam Keeton (Kansas City, Mo./The Pembroke Hill) earned a victory against Harvard’s Will Macnamee and Mac McAnulty, 9-8.
Pecor and Greg Andrews (Richland, Mich./Gull Lake) posted a win against Henry Walker and Jake Bowling of South Carolina, 8-0. Anderson and Moore defeated Harvard’s Brendan Seaver and John Thornton, while Fitzgerald and Talmadge earned a win against Minnesota’s Brendan Ruddock and Derek Peterson.
The teams will begin the final day of the Chowder Fest Tournament with singles action schedule to begin at 9:00 a.m. (EDT), followed by doubles and another round of singles.
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Singles – Session One
Stephen Havens defeated Ivan Machado, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
Greg Andrews defeated Alexander Kostanoc, 6-4, 6-2
Sam Keeton defeated Harry Menzies, 6-1, 6-2
David Anderson defeated Ivan Machado, 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
Tyler Davis defeated Jake Bowling, 6-2, 6-1
Billy Pecor (ND) def. Henry Walker (SC), 7-5, 6-2
Singles – Session Two
Niall Fitzgerald defeated Eddie Svenda (M), 6-3, 6-1
Michael Moore defeated John Thornton (H), 6-4, 6-2
Spencer Talmadge defeated Mac McAnulty (H), 6-2, 6-4
Doubles First Round
Havens/Davis (ND) def. Schultz/Pearlman (H), 9-8
Nguyen/Felton (H) def. Fitzgerald/Talmadge (ND), 8-5
Tchan/Macmaster (H) def. Pecor/Andrews (ND), 8-5
Anderson/Keeton (ND) def. Macnamee/McAnulty (H), 9-8
Doubles Second Round
Pecor/Andrews (ND) def. Walker/Bolwing (SC), 8-0
Anderson/Moore (ND) def. Seaver/Thornton (H), 8-4
Fitzgerald/Talmadge (ND) vs. Ruddock/Peterson (M)
Havens/Davis (ND) vs. Menzies/Machado (SC)
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