Friday, February 22, 2008

GARCIA WINS 20^TH IN A ROW, PIONEERS BEAT KING 5-3

BRISTOL, Tenn. --- The No. 35 Tusculum men’s tennis team rallied from behind to post a 5-3 win over King College Friday night at the Bristol Country Club. The Pioneers (3-0) fell behind 2-1 in doubles, but bounced back with four singles wins, including a 4-6, 6-4 (11-9) win by Carlos Garcia at the No. 2 flight over King’s Jon Jonsson.

For Garcia, it was his 20^th consecutive singles win, which establishes a new school record.

King captured points at the top two doubles flights, including a 9-7 win by Andre Franco and Jonsson over the No. 1 TC duo of Sergio Espinosa and Garcia.

Hunter Beal and Nicolas Bigler accounted for Tusculum’s point at doubles with a 9-8 marathon win over Juan Avila and Dusty Davis.

Bigler posted his second win of the day as he defeated Franco at No. 1 singles 6-2, 6-4. Espinosa bounced back with a 6-0, 6-4 win at No. 3 singles over Avila. Leo Guaycurus clinched the winning point with his 6-2, 6-4 win over Davis at No. 6 singles.

Tusculum’s home match with Alabama-Huntsville has been postponed due to the threat of inclement weather. The Pioneers return to action Tuesday afternoon when they host Lees-McRae College at 2 p.m. at the Nichols Tennis Complex.

- TC -

No. 35 Tusculum 5, King (Tenn.) 3
Singles
1 – Nic Bigler (TC) def. Andre Franco	6-2, 6-4
2 – Carlos Garcia (TC) def. Jon Jonsson	4-6, 6-4, (11-9)
3 – Sergio Espinosa (TC) def. Juan Avila	6-0, 6-4
4 – Oriol Mivallas (KC) def. Henrique Rodrigues	6-3, 6-7, (10-3)
5 – Lucas Paulini (TC) vs. Rohit George (KC)	DNF
6 – Leo Guaycurus (TC) def. Dusty Davis	6-2, 6-4
Doubles
1 – Franco/Jonsson (KC) def. Garcia/Espinosa	9-7
2 – Oriol Mivallas/George (KC) def. Rodrigues/Guaycurus	8-2
3 – Hunter Beal/Bigler (TC) def. Avila/Davis	9-8