MELBOURNE, Fla. (February 17, 2009) –
Rollins took a lead after doubles and won four singles matches as
the 10th ranked Tars downed Florida Tech 6-3 in the Sunshine State
Conference opener for both schools.
Neil
Clausen and Gustavo
Carvalho won 8-5 over Jonathan Hanna and Bradley Kirkham in the
top doubles spot with Adrian
Tan and Jeff
Morris winning 8-5 over Noe Losmozos and Cody Hodes at No. 2.
The team of Nick Rowlands and Bill
Rockwood was turned back at No. 3 by the Panther's James McLane
and Michael Schmidt 8-4.
In singles play, the Tars (3-0, 1-0) won the top three seeds to
pick up the dual match win. Tan won the No. 1 match 7-6, 7-6 over
Losmozos with 10th ranked Clausen winning 6-1, 6-3 over Hanna at
No. 2. Morris, the 35th ranked player in Division II, won 6-2, 6-1
over Kirkman at No. 3 while Carvalho won 6-4, 7-5 over D.J. Pate at
No. 6.
Rollins will be back in action on Saturday, Feb. 21 at top
ranked Armstrong Atlantic. Play is slated to begin at 10 a.m.
#TARS#
#10 Rollins College 6 (3-0, 1-0) Florida Tech 3 (0-2, 0-1)
Singles Competition:
1. Adrian
Tan (RC) def. Noe Losmozos (FIT) 7-6, 7-6
2. #10 Neil
Clausen (RC) def.Jonathan Hanna (FIT) 6-1, 6-3
3. # 35 Jeff
Morris (RC) def. Bradley Kirkham (FIT) 6-2, 6-1
4. James McLane (FIT) def. Nick Rowlands (RC) 6-3, 7-5
5. Cody Hodes (FIT) def. Bill
Rockwood (RC) 6-3, 6-7, 10-7
6. Gustavo
Carvalho (RC) def. D.J. Pate (FIT) 6-4, 7-5
Doubles Competition
1. Clausen/Carvalho (RC) def. Hanna/Kirkham (FIT) 8-5
2. Tan/Morris (RC) def. Losmozos/Hodes (FIT) 8-5
3. McLane/Schmidt (FIT) Rowlands/Rockwood (RC) 8-4
