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Highs Complete Weekend Sweep with Blanking of Coastal

Conway, S.C. -- Radford made a clean sweep this weekend, blanking Coastal Carolina, 7-0 and improving to 2-0 in the Big South and 2-3 overall. Radford took two of three in the doubles and swept all six singles matches.

The No. 1 team of sophomore Brandon Johnson (Roanoke, Va.) and Dominic Soeur (Herndon, Va.) bounced back from Saturday's loss to defeat Adam Adler and Richard Redding, 8-4. The Highs picked up the point when the No. 3 team of juniors Joakim Arhammar (Sollentuna, Swenden) and Robel Mengisteab (Kista, Sweden) cruised past Simon Taylor and Brian Davis, 8-2.

In singles competition, five of the six matches went three sets. The only straight-set victory came at No. 3 with sophomore Andre' Cavaco (Faro, Portugal) defeating Adler, 6-3, 6-0. At No. 1, Johnson defeated Florentin Meynie, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2. Sophomore Arthur Vasarevic (Zagreb, Croatia) and Mengisteab rebounded from first set losses to win the No. 2 and 5 matches.

Arhammar and Soeur picked up the final to singles wins. Arhammar won 6-2, 6-7, 6-0 at No. 4 and Soueur won the No. 6 match, 6-2, 6-7, 6-2.

For the weekend, all six Highlanders finished 3-1 overall. Arhammar and Mengisteab were 2-0 in doubles, while Johnson, Vasarevic, Cavaco and Soeur were 2-0 in singles play.

The Highlanders will continue on the road next weekend when they travel to James Madison on March 6 and American on March 7. Saturday's match will begin at 1 p.m. and Sunday's starts at 10 a.m.

Results

Radford 7, Coastal Carolina 0

Doubles
1. Brandon Johnson/Dominic Soeur (RU), d. Adam Adler/Richard Redding (CCU), 8-4
2. Florentin Meynie/Darko Fridl (CCU) d. Andre Cavaco/Arthur Vasarevic (RU) , 9-8 (3)
3. Joakim Arhammar/Robel Mengisteab (RU) d. Simon Taylor/Brian Davis (CCU), 8-2

Singles
1. Johnson (RU) d. Meynie (CCU), 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
2. Vasarevic (RU) d. Taylor (CCU), 6-7 (6), 6-1, 6-4
3. Cavaco (RU) d. Adler (CCU), 6-3, 6-0
4. Arhammar (RU) d. Redding (CCU), 6-2, 6-7, 6-0
5. Mengisteab (RU) d. Fridl (CCU), 2-6, 6-2, 6-1
6. Soeur (RU) d. Vrba (CCU), 6-2, 6-7 (6), 6-2


February 29, 2003
Media contact: Brian Stanley (bmstanley@radford.edu) 540-831-5211

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