#1 Vols Extend Home Winning Streak to 30 Matches in 5-2 Victory Over Furman

Tuesday, March 1

Knoxville, TN

1 PM

University of Tennessee

Furman

#1 Vols Extend Home Winning Streak to 30 Matches in 5-2 Victory Over Furman

March 01, 2022 | Men's Tennis

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The No. 1 Tennessee men's tennis team opened its outdoor season by taking down Furman, 5-2 on Tuesday in Barksdale Stadium.

The Vols (12-2) won the doubles point for the ninth time this season and are 9-0 when taking that crucial 1-0 advantage.

Freshman sensation Shunsuke Mitsui clinched match point for Tennessee, marking his fourth clinch of the season. His win came on court five over the Paladins' James Roelofse, 6-4, 6-0.

In doubles action to start the day under sunny Knoxville skies, the Vols earned victories on courts two and three, with UT's No. 3 doubles pairing of Johannus Monday and Mark Wallner taking down Cole Burnam and Elijah Poritzky, 6-4. The doubles clinch came on court two, as the 57^th-ranked pairing of Adam Walton and Pat Harper defeated James Roelofse and Emil Westling, 7-5. Furman (8-3) won 6-1 on court one of doubles.

On court one of singles, reigning SEC Player of the Week and sixth-ranked Johannus Monday raced to a 6-4, 6-1 win over Ivan Mitric at the top of UT's lineup. After Mitric jumped out to a 4-1 lead in the opening set, Monday won nine consecutive games to go up 4-0 in the second set. He won 11 of the match's final 12 games to hand Tennessee a 2-0 lead.

Tennessee's next two singles victories came mere moments apart from each other, as junior Angel Diaz took his match on court three, conquering Elijah Poritzky, 6-4, 6-2. Soon to follow was Mitsui's clinch on court five.

Extending the Vols' lead to 5-1 was senior Martim Prata, making his fifth singles appearance of the spring and winning 6-4, 7-6(5) against Furman's Emil Westling. Leading 5-4 in the first set, Prata took the deuce point to win that opening stanza.

Furman's Jamie Connel overcame Tennessee's #51 Emile Hudd, 7-6(7), 6-4 at the No. 2 singles slot, while Drew Singerman of the Paladins took a 10-point third-set tiebreaker over UT freshman Conor Gannon on court six, 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (15-13).

SEC PLAY ON TAP
Tuesday marked Tennessee's final non-conference match, as a weekend road trip to Mississippi looms and will begin the 12-match SEC slate for the Vols.

CLOCK IN, CLOCK OUT
By finishing first in singles Tuesday, Monday has now been the first to finish in nine of his 11 singles wins this dual season.

UP NEXT
The Vols enter SEC action this weekend, with a road tilt at No. 22 Mississippi State on Friday at 4 p.m. ET, before traveling north in The Magnolia State to face No. 11 Ole Miss, with first serve set for 2 p.m. ET on Sunday.

RESULTS
Doubles

1. Ivan Mitric/Jamie Connel (FUR) def. #9 Emile Hudd/Shunsuke Mitsui (UT) 6-1
2. #57 Adam Walton/Pat Harper (UT) def. James Roelofse/Emil Westling (FUR) 7-5
3. Johannus Monday/Mark Wallner (UT) def. Cole Burnam/Elijah Poritzky (FUR) 6-4

Order of Finish: (1,3,2)

Singles

1. #6 Johannus Monday (UT) def. Ivan Mitric (FUR) 6-4, 6-1
2. Jamie Connel (FUR) def. #51 Emile Hudd (UT) 7-6 (9-7), 6-4
3. Angel Diaz (UT) def. Elijah Poritzky (FUR) 6-4, 6-2
4. Martim Prata (UT) def. Emil Westling (FUR) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)
5. Shunsuke Mitsui (UT) def. James Roelofse (FUR) 6-4, 6-0
6. Drew Singerman (FUR) def. Conor Gannon (UT) 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (15-13)

Order of Finish: (1,3,5,2,4,6)