WINTER PARK, Fla. (March 5, 2007) ' The 17th
ranked Rollins men's tennis team fell 5-4 against the Concordia
Clippers (2-1) on Monday afternoon at the Bert W. Martin Tennis
Complex.
The Tars (4-2) were victorious in two out of three doubles
contests. The No. 1 team of Gustavo Carvalho and Jonathan Gomez
took down Alex Grubin and Rodrigo Teixeira 8-3. Adrian Tan and
Michael Schwartz devastated Vlad Malkin and Kirill Azovtsev 8-2 in
the second seeded doubles, while Pablo Seijo and Michael Schwartz
dropped their match against John Cassas and Nik Boerger in the No.
3 position.
Rollins claimed two out of the six singles matches with both the
No. 1 and No. 2 seeds overwhelmed by their Clipper opponents. Tan
fell to Grubin 6-3, 6-1, and Gomez lost to Molet 6-4, 6-3. The Tars
rebounded by winning in the third and fourth singles spots. No. 3
Carvalho took out 34th ranked Teixeira 6-4, 6-2, while fourth
seeded Seijo rolled past Azovtsev 6-4, 6-1. Schwartz lost a close
match against Malkin 7-5, 6-1 in the No. 5 position, and Kevin
Stickney ran out of steam against Boerger 6-1, 4-6, 6-2 in the
sixth spot.
The men's tennis team will be back in action on Wednesday, March
7 when they host the Northwood University (Mich.) Timberwolves
(2-1) at 2:00 p.m. at the Martin Complex. Log onto www.RollinsSports.com for the
most up-to-date news, photos and stats from your favorite Tars
sports team.
