WINTER PARK, Fla.
(February 11, 2006) ' Eighth ranked Rollins grabbed a 2-1 lead
after doubles, but second ranked Armstrong Atlantic ran away with
the match in singles play, downing the Tars 6-3 on Saturday.
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The
Tars fall to 0-2 on the season while the Pirates improve to
4-0.
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Seniors Carlos Custodio and David Tafur upset the nation's fifth
ranked doubles team in Robert Jendelund and Taavo Roos by a score
of 8-6 at the No. 1 slot. Brian Compton and Jonathan Gomez gave the
Tars another point as they scored an 8-3 win over Paul Bishop and
David Secker in the No. 2 match. AASU got on the board with a
victory in No. 3 doubles as Kevin Sijmons and Davor Zink downed
Adrian Tan and Mike Compton 8-3.
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In
the singles competition it was all Armstrong as they won five of
the six matches to run away with the win. The No. 1 match featured
a pair of ranked players locked in a back and forth battle as 15 th
ranked Zink got the best of 19 th ranked Custodio 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.
Bishop recorded an upset victory as he downed 48 th ranked Tafur
7-5, 6-2 in the No. 2 match. Rollins scored in the No. 3 match as
newcomer Tan came back to beat Jendelund 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. Roos
defeated Gomez in a very close No. 4 match, winning 6-2, 6-7(5),
6-3 while Secker bested Brian Compton 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-4 in the No. 5
spot. Sijmons was the Pirates sixth point as he beat Albin Hubscher
6-3, 7-6(4) in No. 6 singles.
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The Rollins men's tennis team will be
back in action on Monday, February 13 as they will host the
nation's top ranked team in West Florida. Competition will begin at
2 p.m. at the Tiedtke Tennis Courts on the Rollins College
campus. '
