JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. --- The No. 37 Tusculum College men's tennis
team swept doubles play and got the clinching point by newcomer Nic Janssen at No. 6 singles as the
Pioneers defeated Carson-Newman College 6-3 in the South Atlantic Conference
opener for both teams.
The Pioneers improve to 8-4
overall (1-0 SAC), while the Eagles fall to 5-2, 0-1 SAC.
All three doubles points were
highly contested including the No. 2 and No. 3 flights which were decided by
identical 8-6 scores. Antonio Oliver and Leo Guaycurus defeated the C-N pair of Ricardo Gutierrez and Travis Banguess
at No. 2 doubles, while Pedro Galavis and Julien Jacob beat
Giuseppe Schwarz in the No. 3
flight.
Singles play was even more
exciting as three of the six matches went three sets.
Oliver won a three-set battle
over Schwarz at No. 3 singles, 6-3, 0-6, 6-4, while Janssen won the fifth and deciding
point by defeating Banguess 6-2, 6-3.
Carson-Newman won the top two
singles matches as Gutierrez defeated Galavis 6-4,
6-2. C-N's Rafael Soares knocked off the reigning
SAC Player of the Week Sergio Espinosa
7-5, 0-6, 7-5 in a three-set thriller.
Preston Sneed of Carson-Newman also rallied from a set down to
defeat Jacob 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 at No. 5 singles.
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No. 37 |
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Singles |
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1 - Ricardo
Gutierrez (CN) def. Pedro Galavis |
6-4, 6-2 |
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2 - Rafael Soares (CN) def. Sergio Espinosa |
7-5, 0-6, 7-5 |
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3 - Antonio
Oliver (TC) def. Giuseppe Schwarz |
6-3, 0-6, 6-4 |
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4 - Carlos
Garcia (TC) def. Michael Swanson |
6-3, 6-3 |
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5 - |
4-6, 6-4, 6-3 |
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6 - Nic Janseen (TC) def. Travis Banguess |
6-2, 6-3 |
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Doubles |
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1 -
Garcia/Espinosa (TC) def. Soares/Swanson |
8-4 |
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2 - Oliver/Leo
Guaycurus (TC) def. Gutierrez/Banguess |
8-6 |
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3 - Galavis/Jacob (TC) def. Schwarz/Sneed |
8-6 |