WINTER PARK, Fla. (February 27, 2007) ' The
17th ranked Rollins men's tennis team was stunned by the
Embry-Riddle Eagles 9-0 on Tuesday afternoon.
The No. 1 doubles team of Jonathan Gomez and Gustavo Carvalho
suffered their second loss of the season against Konstantin Lazarov
and Mislav Hizak 8-3. Pablo Seijo and Michael Schwartz fell to
Carlos Bes and Istvan Bolgar 8-0 in the second spot. In the third
seed match, Adrian Tan and Albin Hubscher lost at the hands of
Tomoaki Yasuda and Luke Maricic 8-4.
Even after taking all three doubles matches, the Embry-Riddle
Eagles didn't let up on the Tars in singles play. In No. 1 action,
Tan was taken out by Hizak, the No. 1 player in the NAIA, 6-4, 6-0.
Lazarov ran past Gomez 6-2, 6-1 in the second seed, and Seijo lost
a hard-fought match against Bes 7-6 (3), 6-3 in No. 3 singles.
After falling in the first set 6-4 and down 1-0 in the second,
fourth seed Carvalho was forced to retire with knee pain. No. 5
Hubscher was outdone by Bolgar 6-0, 6-0, while Schwartz dropped
against Maricic 6-3, 6-3 in No. 6 action.
Rollins (4-1) will be back in action on Monday, March 5 when
they take on Concordia (N.Y.) at 2:00 p.m. on the courts of the
Bert W. Martin Tennis Complex.
