MIAMI SHORES, Fla. (February 10, 2013) -
Playing its second top-five ranked opponent of the weekend,
sixth-ranked Rollins fell to fourth-ranked Barry 8-1 Sunday.
The Tars drop to 1-3 on season and 1-2 in Sunshine State
Conference play. Of Rollins four matches, the first was against a
Division I school and the next three straight versus nationally
ranked Division II teams.
The Buccaneers (2-0, 2-0 SSC) swept doubles to put the Tars in
an early hole. Will
Kwok and Robin
Marchione fell 8-3 to second-ranked Marco Mokrzychi and Fabian
Groetsch in the top-flight. Jason
Alabaster and Jacobo
Herrero lost to Romain Costamagna and Ollie Lemaitre 8-2 in the
No. 2 match while Adrian Di
Felice and Cooper Maxell fell 8-1 to Max Wimmer and Renato
Lombardi at No. 3.
In singles, Marchione won his third straight match and remained
undefeated, beating Lombardi 6-7(4), 6-2, 13-11 in the No. 3
singles match.
Rollins will next be in action on Thursday, Feb. 14 at NAIA
top-ranked Embry-Riddle.
#TARS#
Tennis Match Results
Rollins vs Barry
02/10/13 at Miami Shores, FL
(Buccaneer Tennis Center)
#4 Barry 8, #6 Rollins 1
Singles competition
1. #7 Marco Mokrzycki (BUM) def. Will
Kwok (RC) 6-3, 7-5
2. #16 Fabian Groetsch (BUM) def. #36 Malte
Christesen (RC) 7-5, 6-4
3. Robin
Marchione (RC) def. Renato Lombardi (BUM) 6-7 (4-7), 6-2,
13-11
4. Max Wimmer (BUM) def. Adrian Di Felice (RC) 7-6 (7-4),
6-1
5. Romain Costamagna (BUM) def. Jacobo
Herrero (RC) 6-1, 1-6, 6-0
6. Ollie Lemaitre (BUM) def. Jason
Alabaster (RC) 6-2, 7-6 (7-1)
Doubles competition
1. #2 Marco Mokrzycki/Fabian Groetsch (BUM) def. Will
Kwok/Robin
Marchione (RC) 8-3
2. Romain Costamagna/Ollie Lemaitre (BUM) def. Jason
Alabaster/Jacobo
Herrero (RC) 8-2
3. Max Wimmer/Renato Lombardi (BUM) def. Adrian Di
Felice/Cooper
Maxwell (RC) 8-1
Match Notes:
Rollins 1-2; National ranking #6
Barry 2-0; National ranking #4
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles
(4,1,6,2,5,3)
T-4:15 A-70