Saturday, April 1, 2006

TUSCULUM EDGES NEWBERRY 5-4

NEWBERRY, S.C. – The No. 37 Tusculum men’s tennis team escaped with come-from-behind victory over home-standing Newberry, winning 5-4 to remain undefeated in the South Atlantic Conference. With its sixth straight victory, TC improves to 11-4 overall and 4-0 in the conference. Newberry falls to 5-7 and 1-3 in the league.

TC rallied for wins at four of the six singles positions after trailing the match 2-1 after doubles play.

Sergio Espinosa, Antonio Oliver, Carlos Garcia, and Nic Janssen all claimed straight-set victories in singles play for the Pioneers.

The duo of Oliver and Leo Guaycurus earned Tusculum’s lone victory in doubles play, winning 8-4 at the No. 2 position.

The Pioneers will be back in action on Sunday when they travel to Clinton, S.C., to face No. 25 Presbyterian. The match will begin at 1 p.m.

Tusculum 5, Newberry 4

Singles

#1 Daryl Van Vuuren (NEW) def. Carlos Garcia (TC), 6-4, 3-6, 6-0
#2 Sergio Espinosa (TC) def. Felipe Sobrinho (NEW), 6-4, 6-4
#3 Antonio Oliver (TC) def. Toby Rawlings (NEW), 6-2, 6-4
#4 Carlos Garcia (TC) def. Scott Gates (NEW), 6-2, 6-2
#5 Oliver Elston (NEW) def. Julien Jacob (TC), 4-6, 6-2, 10-5
#6 Nic Janssen (TC) def. Christian Kotanen, 6-2, 6-0

Doubles

#1 Van Vuuren/Gates (NEW) def. Garcia/Espinsosa (TC), 8-3
#2 Oliver/Guaycurus (TC) def. Sobrinho/Kotanen (NEW), 8-4
#3 Elston/Rawlings (NEW) def. Galavis/Jacob