SAVANNAH, Ga. (March 12, 2007) ' The 16th
ranked Rollins men's tennis team was turned back by second ranked
Armstrong Atlantic 8-1 on Monday. Rollins lone point came in the
No. 1 doubles match as Jonathan Gomez and Gustavo Carvahlo teamed
to upset sixth ranked Christian Bergh and Robert Jendelund 8-6.
The No. 2 doubles match was tightly contested with fifth ranked
Taavo Roos and Davor Zink downing Rollins' Adrian Tan and Michael
Schwartz 8-6. Paul Bishop and Henrik Lilja defeated Pablo Seijo and
Albin Hubscher 8-2 in the No. 3 doubles slot.
The Pirates won all but one singles match-up in straight sets.
No. 18 Bishop downed No. 32 Tan 7-5, 6-3 in the No. 1 match, fifth
ranked Zink took Gomez 6-3, 6-1 in the No. 2 position and No. 43
Bergh was a 6-1, 4-0, ret. winner over Carvahlo at No. 3. Roos
defeated Seijo 7-5, 6-1 in the No. 4 slot and Lilja took Hubscher
6-4, 6-0 at No. 6. Schwartz fell 6-2 in the first set to Jendelund,
but came back to win the second 6-4 before falling in the
super-tiebreaker 10-7.
The Rollins (5-5) men's tennis team will continue their spring
break stint in Georgia with a neutral site match-up against
Anderson (Ind.) at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, March 13.'
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Men: AASU 8, Rollins 1
Singles
1. Paul Bishop (AASU) def. Adrian Tan (RC) 7-5, 6-3
2. Davor Zink (AASU) def. Jonathan Gomez (RC) 6-3, 6-1
3. Christian Bergh (AASU) def. Gustavo Carvahlo (RC) 6-1, 4-0,
retired
4. Taavo Roos (AASU) def. Pablo Seijo (RC) 7-5, 6-1
5. Robert Jendelund (AASU) def. Michael Schwartz (RC) 6-2, 4-6,
(10-7)
6. Henrik Lilja (AASU) def. Albin Hubscher (RC) 6-4, 6-0
Doubles
1. Gomez/Carvahlo (RC) def. Bergh/Jendelund (AASU) 8-6
2. Roos/Zink (AASU) def. Tan/Schwartz (RC) 8-6
3. Bishop/Lilja (AASU) def. Seijo/Hubscher (RC) 8-2
Records: AASU (11-1), Rollins (5-5)
