Sunday, February 27, 2005

TUSCULUM DEFEATS MILLIGAN 8-1 IN MEN'S TENNIS

GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- Tusculum swept the doubles matches and won five of the six singles contests as the Pioneers defeated Milligan College 8-1 Sunday afternoon at the Nichols Tennis Complex in men's tennis action.

The Pioneers improve to 4-2 overall, while Milligan (0-1) falls in its season lid-lifter.

Sergio Espinosa rallied from a set down to defeat Tom Jones 2-6, 6-4, 6-3 at No. 1 singles. Espinosa and Carlos Garcia also tallied a point at No. 1 doubles, winning 8-6 over Jones and Ryan Reynolds.

TC also got singles points from Nathan Wheeler, Julien Jacob and Alex Masi.

The Pioneers host Lincoln Memorial University this Friday at 3 p.m.

- TC -

Tusculum 8, Milligan 1
Singles	Scores
1 - Sergio Espinosa (TC) def. Tom Jones	2-6, 6-4, 6-3
2 - Carlos Garcia (TC) def. Ryan Reynolds	6-4, 6-3
3 - Patrick Mitchell (Milligan) def. Miguel Lares	0-6, 7-6, 6-2
4 - Nathan Wheeler (TC) def. Joe Dyer	6-1, 6-0
5 - Julien Jacob (TC) def. Peter Harris	6-0, 6-0
6 - Alex Masi (TC) def. Isaac Schade	6-1, 6-0
Doubles	Scores
1 - Garcia/Espinosa (TC) def. Jones/Reynolds	8-6
2 - Pedro Galavis/Jacob (TC) def. Mitchell Dyer	8-2
3 - Michael Hallford/Wheeler (TC) def. Harris Schade	8-0
Records: Tusculum (4-2); Milligan (0-1)