LAKELAND, Fla. (April 18, 2008) - The
9th-ranked Rollins men's tennis team was overwhelmed by the
5th-ranked Barry University Buccaneers 5-1 on Friday afternoon at
the Beerman Tennis Complex.
The Tars won one of two doubles matches as Gustavo Carvalho and
Pablo Seijo took their match in a tiebreaker against Jakub Fejfar
and Emmanuel Fraitzl 9-8 in the No. 2. The 2nd-ranked team of
Patrick Rittenauer and Ales Svigelj defeated No. 13 Brian Compton
and Jonathan Gomez 9-7 in the top spot, while Andrew Sharnov and
Roman Werschel rolled by Austin Duvall and Albin Hubscher 8-2 in
the third slot.
The top three matches went unfinished as Sharnov defeated
Carvalho 6-1, 6-1 in the No. 3, Werschel won his match against
Duvall 6-2, 6-2 in the fifth position and Fejfar overwhelmed Andrew
Johnson 6-0, 7-5 in the No. 6.
The Tars will be back in action tomorrow, April 19 when they
take on the loser of the Lynn/Florida Southern semifinal for the
third place conference finish.
