Friday, February 23, 2007

TUSCULUM MEN'S TENNIS BLANKS KING 9-0

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- The No. 39 Tusculum College men's tennis team roared out to a 9-0 win over visiting King College Friday afternoon at the Nichols Tennis Complex.

Tusculum (3-0) swept all three doubles matches, including an 8-0 pro set win by the No. 3 pairing of Nicolas Bigler and Julien Jacob over Tate Burroughs and Jaeho Huh of King (0-1).

Bigler also posted a 6-0, 6-1 straight set win at No. 3 singles against King's Juan Avila. TC also got singles points from Sergio Espinosa, Henrique Rodrigues, Carlos Garcia, Leo Guaycurus and Hunter Beal.

The Pioneers return to action on Saturday when they host 14^th-ranked Francis Marion University for an 11 a.m. match.

- TC -

No. 39 Tusculum 9, King (Tenn.) 0
Singles	Scores
1 - Sergio Espinosa (TC) def. Andre Franco	6-3, 6-1
2 - Henrique Rodrigues (TC) def. Rohit George	6-1, 6-1
3 - Nicolas Bigler (TC) def. Juan Avila	6-0, 6-1
4 - Carlos Garcia (TC) def. Jonathan Wallace	6-1, 6-0
5 - Leo Guaycurus (TC) def. Tate Burroughs	6-0, 6-3
6 - Hunter Beal (TC) def. Tim Meade	6-0, 6-0
Doubles	Scores
1 - Espinosa/Garcia (TC) def. Franco/George	8-2
2 - Guaycurus/Rodrigues (TC) def. Avila/Wallace	8-1
3 - Julien Jacob/Bigler (TC) def. Jaeho Huh/Burroughs	8-0