Friday, March 2, 2007

TUSCULUM MEN’S TENNIS WINS 7-2 OVER CRUSADERS

TIGERVILLE, S.C. --- The No. 39 Tusculum College men’s tennis team swept doubles and won four of the six singles matches en route to a 7-2 win over host North Greenville University.

The Pioneers improve to 4-1 on the season, while the Crusaders slip to 4-4 overall.

Leo Guaycurus and Henrique Rodrigues defeated the No. 2 doubles team of Rob Young and Tomas Kurhajec, 8-3 in pro sets.

Tusculum returns to action Saturday morning for a 10:30 a.m. match at Brevard College.

- TC -

No. 39 Tusculum 7, North Greenville 2
Singles
1 – Sergio Espinosa (TC) def. Tomas Kurhajec	6-2, 6-0
2 – Rob Young (NGU) def. Henrique Rodrigues	5-7, 6-2, 6-4
3 – Gabriel Altmayer (NGU) def. Nicolas Bigler	6-3, 6-0
4 – Carlos Garcia (TC) def. William Ho	6-1, 6-1
5 – Leo Guaycurus (TC) def. Juan Carlos Aquilera	7-5, 6-2
6 – Hunter Beal (TC) def. Jacob Rogers	6-2, 6-2
Doubles
1 – Garcia/Espinosa (TC) def. Altmayer/Ho	8-4
2 – Guaycurus/Rodrigues (TC) def. Young/Kurhajec	8-3
3 – Bigler/Julien Jacob (TC) def. Aquilera/Rogers	8-5