TAMPA, Fla. (April 20, 2007) ' In their second
match-up of the season, the Rollins men's tennis team took out 7th
ranked Florida Southern 5-3 on Friday afternoon at the Hillsborough
Community College Tennis Complex. The win sends the Tars to the SSC
Finals where they will take on the Lynn University Fighting
Knights.
The Tars (18-7) swept all three doubles matches giving them a
solid cushion going into the singles portion of play. Brian Compton
and Jonathan Gomez tallied their third straight win as a pair as
they defeated Michael Knoedler and Alex Thesleff 8-5 in the top
spot. In the No. 2 Gustavo Carvalho and Pablo Seijo overwhelmed
Isaac Galindo and Roman Schirmaier 8-6. Adrian Tan and Michael
Schwartz rounded out the Tars' doubles victories by running past
Guenther Fercher and Justin LaFlamme 8-5.
Rollins took the No. 3 and No. 5 singles matches to seal the win
for the Tars which will now send them to the SSC Championship
finals against Lynn University. Gomez won his bout against
Schirmaier 6-3, 7-6 in the third position, and Seijo finished off
Fercher in straight sets 6-4, 6-3 in the fifth seed. Tan, Brian
Compton and Albin Hubscher fell in their matches, while Carvalho's
fourth seed match went unfinished.
Rollins will be back in action on Saturday, April 21 as they
take on the Lynn University Fighting Knights in the SSC Finals at
11:30 a.m. The Tars will look to avenge their 7-2 loss to the
Fighting Knights earlier this season.
