Friday,
March 21, 2008
TUSCULUM
MENS TENNIS WINS FIFTH STRAIGHT, PIONEERS BEAT BOBCATS 7-2
GREENEVILLE, Tenn. --- The No. 36 Tusculum College mens tennis
team won its fifth straight match as the Pioneers defeated visiting Lees-McRae
College 7-2 Friday afternoon at the Nichols Tennis Complex.
The Pioneers improve to 10-1 on
the season, while the Bobcats even their record to 7-7 on the year.
Tusculum swept the three doubles
points, including an 8-0 pro set win by the No. 3 pairing of Hunter Beal and Nicolas Bigler over Travis Vanhoy and Paul Muenow.
In singles action, Lees-McRae
won the top two flights as Nandor Solymosi won 6-2, 6-2 over Bigler
at No. 1 singles. Shaun Sumner also posted a point for the Bobcats with a 6-3, 6-4
triumph over Sergio Espinosa. Carlos
Garcia captured an important point for Tusculum as he outlasted Alek Mojski in a
three-set thriller, 6-3, 6-7, 6-4.
Henrique Rodrigues, Leo Guaycurus and Beal each posted
singles wins to close out the match.
Tusculum returns to action on
Wednesday when TC travels to Carson-Newman College for an important South Atlantic
Conference match.
- TC
|
No. 36 Tusculum 7, Lees-McRae 2 |
|
|
Singles |
|
|
1 Nandor Solymosi (LMC) def.
Nicolas Bigler |
6-2,
6-2 |
|
2
Shaun Sumner (LMC) def. Sergio Espinosa |
6-3,
6-4 |
|
3
Carlos Garcia (TC) def. Alek Mojski |
6-3,
6-7, 6-4 |
|
4
Henrique Rodrigues (TC) def. Travis Vanhoy |
6-0,
6-0 |
|
5
Leo Guaycurus (TC) def. Romulas
Teague |
6-2,
6-2 |
|
6
Hunter Beal (TC) def. Blair Propert |
6-1,
6-1 |
|
|
|
|
Doubles |
|
|
1
Garcia/Espinosa (TC) def. Solymosi/Sumner |
8-4 |
|
2 Rodrigues/Guaycurus (TC) def. Mojski/Teague |
8-4 |
|
3 Beal/Bigler (TC) def. Vanhoy/Paul Muenow |
8-0 |