LAKELAND, Fla. (April 15, 2010) -
A trio of convincing doubles victories and two quick singles
wins propelled the eighth-ranked Rollins men's tennis team past
41st-ranked Eckerd 5-0 in the first round of the Sunshine State
Conference Tournament on Thursday.
Fourth seeded Rollins (16-8) advances to play top seed Lynn in the
semifinals at 9 a.m. on Friday, Apr. 16 at the Beerman Tennis
Facility in Lakeland.
In the top doubles match, fourth-ranked Jeff Morris and Neil
Clausen made quick work of Ben Maxwell and Adam Hopkins 8-2
while 23rd-ranked Pablo Seijo and Nick
Rowlands defeated Erik Thunberg and Jonathan Bonner 8-3 in the
No. 3 match. Girts
Dzelde and Constantin
Sturdza completed the Tars sweep with an 8-3 victory over James
Walker and Aaron Kleefield in the No. 3 position.
In singles play, eighth-ranked Morris posted a 6-1, 6-0 win over
Maxwell in the top flight match and Chris
Herbert took Alex McDonald 6-1, 6-0 at No. 6.
Rollins fell to Lynn 8-1 in the two schools match-up earlier in the
year. Morris scored Rollins' lone point with a win over then
eighth-ranked Alessandro Sarra in the top singles match.
Tennis Match Results
Eckerd vs Rollins
04/15/10 at Lakeland, Fla.
(Beerman Tennis Facility)
#8 Rollins 5, #41 Eckerd 0
Singles competition
1. #8 Jeff Morris (RC) def. Ben
Maxwell (EC) 6-1, 6-0
2. #34 Neil Clausen (RC) vs. Hisa
Sato (EC) unfinished
3. Arturo
Baravalle (RC) vs. Adam Hopkins (EC) unfinished
4. Girts
Dzelde (RC) vs. Erik Thunberg (EC) unfinished
5. Constantin
Sturdza (RC) vs. Jonathan Bonner (EC) unfinished
6. Chris
Herbert (RC) def. Alex McDonald (EC) 6-1, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. #4 Jeff Morris/Neil
Clausen (RC) def. Ben Maxwell/Adam Hopkins (EC) 8-2
2. #23 Pablo Seijo/Nick
Rowlands (RC) def. Erik Thunberg/Jonathan Bonner (EC) 8-3
3. Girts
Dzelde/Constantin
Sturdza (RC) def. James Walker/Aaron Kleefield (EC) 8-3
Match Notes:
Eckerd 7-10; National ranking #41
Rollins 16-8; National ranking #8
Round 1 - Sunshine State Conference Tournament
Rollins advances to semifinals 4/16 at 9 a.m. vs. #1 seed Lynn
