Men's Tennis Southern Conference

Wofford men's tennis competing at USC Fall Invitational

Led by the doubles tandem of Alec Wilson (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) and Jeff Muthig (Columbia, S.C.), the Wofford men's tennis team had a successful first day Friday at the USC Fall Invitational in Columbia, S.C.

Wilson and Muthig handed Winthrop's Tobias Handschin and Alejandro Portugal an 8-2 defeat in the quarterfinals before knocking off Presbyterian's Zack Glankler and Hector Rincon, 8-5, in the semifinals. The Terrier pair will face Charles Sartor of Wake Forest and Dominic Soeur of Radford in the finals of the B-3 bracket.

In singles action in the A-2 flight, sophomore Alex Fridzon (Hebracia, Venezuela) defeated UNC Wilmington's Rahul Rajkhewa, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4 to advance and face No. 8 seed Brent Wilkins of Virginia Tech in the round of 16 today.

Wilson garnered a singles victory of his own in the B-2 bracket with a 6-1, 6-2 triumph over Diego Flores of Georgia State. He will face Armstrong Atlantic's Tuauo Roos today in the round of 16.

In the same B-2 flight, sophomore Michael Barber (Aiken, S.C.) defeated Gardner-Webb's Chris Brady, 6-1, 6-2 to move on to the round of 16 today versus No. 4 seed Reaves Robinette of Virginia Tech.

Play in the tournament will continue today and tomorrow in Columbia, S.C.