Tuesday, March
20, 2007
LIMESTONE
DEFEATS TUSCULUM MEN IN
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- In a clash of nationally ranked men’s tennis
teams, No. 36 Limestone College defeated No. 39 Tusculum College 5-1 in a
rain-shortened match. The women’s match
was tied at 2-2 when play was halted and won’t be rescheduled.
The Saints (8-7) swept all three
doubles matches in the men’s contest, including a key point at the No. 1 flight
as Peter Elsborg and Christian Munn outlasted the TC duo of Sergio Espinosa and Carlos Garcia, 9-7 in pro sets.
Trailing 3-0, Tusculum (6-2) got
its lone point from Espinosa at No. 1 singles as he defeated Munn 6-2, 4-6,
(10-7). Philippe Hogan and Elsborg decided the match with straight set
singles wins. Hogan defeated Nicolas Bigler 6-3, 6-2 at No. 2
singles, while Elsborg defeated Henrique
Rodrigues 6-2, 6-1.
Tusculum hosts Carson-Newman
College for a South Atlantic Conference doubleheader at the Nichols Tennis
Complex beginning at 3 p.m. It will be
the SAC opener for the men’s team, while it will be the TC women’s second
league encounter.
- TC -
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Men’s Tennis Results |
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No. 36 Limestone 5, No. 39 Tusculum 1 |
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Singles |
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1 – Sergio
Espinosa (TC) def. Christian Munn |
6-2, 4-6,
(10-7) |
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2 – Philippe
Hogan (LC) def. Nicolas Bigler |
6-3, 6-2 |
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3 – Peter
Elsborg (LC) def. Henrique Rodrigues |
6-2, 6-1 |
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4 – Carlos
Garcia (TC) vs. Christian Warnholtz (LC) |
DNF |
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5 – Leo
Guaycurus (TC) vs. Jafet Banuelos (LC) |
DNF |
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6 – Hunter
Beal (TC) def. Christopher Ross-da Silva (LC) |
DNF |
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Doubles |
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1 – Elsborg/Munn
(LC) def. Espinosa/Garcia |
9-7 |
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2 – Baneulos/Warnholtz
(LC) def. Guaycurus/Rodrigues |
8-1 |
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3 – Hogan/Ross-da
Silva (LC) def. Julien Jacob/Bigler |
8-4 |