FT. MYERS, Fla. (April
2, 2006) ' Fresh off an upset over Florida Southern on Saturday,
the Tars suffered an upset of their own as No. 14 Rollins fell to
No. 19 Florida Gulf Coast 5-4 on Sunday. The Tars took two doubles
matches, but were unable to come up with the decisive win in No. 3
singles and fall to 8-9 on the year.
No. 20 Carlos Custodio
and Brian Compton knocked off their second straight higher ranked
team, downing No. 13 Juan Carlos Osorio and Tim Offerman 8-2 in the
top doubles match. The Tars also got a point in the No. 2 match as
David Tafur and Jonathan Gomez took Alberto Gutierrez and Gavin
Manders 8-6. Edson Lima and Danny Lee won in the No. 3 doubles
match for the Eagles (15-3), downing Michael Schwartz and Adrian
Tan 8-2.
In the singles
competition, No. 16 Custodio fell to second ranked Osorio 6-3, 6-1
in the No. 1 match with Offerman taking Gomez 6-2, 6-2 in the No. 2
match for Florida Gulf Coast. David Tafur was a quick 6-0, 6-2
winner over Manders in the No. 4 match for the Tars while Compton
took the No. 5 match over Lee 6-4, 6-4. Lima evened the score for
the hosts in the No. 6 slot as he defeated Albin Hubscher 6-4, 6-4
to set up the decisive No. 3 match.
Rollins' Tan dropped
the first set to Gutierrez 6-4, but came back to win in the second,
6-4. The two were back and forth the entire third set with
Gutierrez winning in a tie breaker, 7-6 (5) and giving the Eagles
the win.
Rollins returns to
action on Wednesday, April 5 at Saint Leo with play slated for 3
p.m.
