Kennesaw State 6, Georgia Southern 1
STATESBORO, Ga. - Bad fortune continued for the Georgia Southern Men's Tennis team on Sunday afternoon. The Eagles fell to the Kennesaw State Owls by a 6-1 score. The Owls improved to 5-3 on the season.
The Eagles (1-8) were unable to gain momentum early in the match, narrowly losing the doubles point. Alain Garrido and Andrew Dromsky got the Eagles on the board with an 8-1 victory at No. 1 doubles. However, the No. 2 doubles team of Sebastien Felt and Daniel Rush fell by an 8-4 count. Kyle Hoffman and Albert Codina Sala (Manresa, Spain) suffered a similar fate at No. 3 doubles, dropping the match by an 8-5 score and giving the doubles point to the Owls.
The Eagles were never quite able to get into the match in singles play. Rush and Felt lost matches at No. 5 and No. 6 singles, then Garrido lost 6-4, 6-0 at No. 1 singles to clinch the match victory for the Owls. Codina Sala leveled the match at No. 3 singles by winning the second set but then lost the decisive third set. Dromsky jumped to an early one-set lead at No. 4 singles but then dropped the second in a tiebreaker and then lost the decisive third-set match tiebreaker. The bright spot for the Eagles was Hoffman's comeback victory at No. 2 singles, marking his second career collegiate singles victory and first at the No. 2 position. He prevailed, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
The Eagles have faced an arduous schedule of non-conference opponents. Six of their eight losses have been to teams who have records above .500. The team looks to regroup as it takes an off-week and prepares for conference foes Davidson and UNC Greensboro on the weekend of March 3-4 at Hanner Tennis Complex.
UNC Asheville 6, Wofford 1
ASHEVILLE, N.C. - The Wofford College men's tennis team dropped a 6-1 decision Sunday afternoon to UNC Asheville at the Asheville Racquet Club.
With the loss, the Terriers drop to 1-4 on the season, while the Bulldogs improve to 3-3 overall.
The afternoon began with doubles play, where the pairing of Tom Wood and Drew Superstein downed Pete Conaty and John Schubel (8-5) at the No. 3 position, yet Asheville took the remaining two matches to seize the doubles point and hold the early 1-0 advantage.
In singles action, Walker Heffron defeated Pete Conaty in straight sets (6-4, 6-3) at the No. 6 position, but that would be the only singles win for the Terriers, as the Bulldogs won the remaining five matches to seal the overall victory.
Wofford returns to the courts Tuesday afternoon as they travel to take on Charlotte. The match is set for a start time of 2:30 p.m. in Charlotte, N.C.