Stetson 5, Georgia Southern 2
DELAND, Fla. - The Georgia Southern Men's Tennis team (2-2) fell to undefeated Stetson (6-0) 5-2 at the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center Saturday, February 12th. Sophomore Juan Melian Puigventos (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain) battled against the Hatters' Maksin Lenanovich at number-one singles, winning 6-1, 6-4 to protect his 4-0 record in singles play.
Sophomore Matthijs Verdam (Hilversum, The Netherlands) experienced a long-awaited victory over Stetson's Hans Adrian Riseng in a rematch from last fall's Southern Intercollegiate Championships. Verdam won in straight sets 6-4, 6-0 at the number-three seed.
"We battled hard today, put forth a solid team effort and came away with our heads up," said Eagles Head Coach Nick Zieziula. "We know that we could have executed a little better at a few critical points in our matches, and that was the difference. Today, Stetson was the better team, but we learned a lot from this match that we can build on to prepare for the SoCon. Matthijs scored a dominating win over an opponent he lost to last fall. It was great to see his hard work pay off."
The Eagles return home to the Hanner Tennis Complex to face Hampton Sunday at 2 p.m. The match will follow the Eagles-Pirates women's match, which begins at 10 a.m.
Brown 6, Davidson 1
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Davidson finished its two-day trip to the Northeast with a 6-1 loss in men's tennis to Brown on Saturday afternoon in a non-conference match.
The Wildcats, who also played at Harvard on Friday afternoon, fell to 2-5, while Brown continued its strong start by improving to 5-0.
After being swept in doubles action, Davidson then dropped five of its six singles matches for the five-point defeat.
Joe Schafer continued his strong sophomore campaign with 6-4, 6-4 win at No. 1 over Brandon Burke for the 'Cats lone team point. The sophomore is 5-2 in singles action, having won five of his last six matches.
Davidson returns home for a doubleheader on Feb. 19 when it takes on Lees-McRae at 9 a.m. and then later that afternoon plays UNC Asheville at 3 p.m.