WINTER PARK, Fla. (April 24, 2014) -
Third-seeded Rollins defeated the No. 6 seed Florida Tech, 5-1, on
Thursday morning in the SSC Tournament Quarterfinal. With the win,
the Tars advance to Friday's Semifinal against second-seeded
Lynn.
The Tars jumped out to a commanding 3-0 after doubles, with FIT
not managing much of a threat.
Will
Kwok and Jacobo
Herrero picked up the first point in the No. 2 match followed
by Jason
Alabaster and Ari
Davis in the top flight match, where they defeated #23 Patrick
Hernandez and Wade Ball, 8-3.
Robin
Marchione and Adrian Di
Felice then defeated Daniel Armellino and Bruno Rodrigues, 8-2,
in the No. 3 match.
Rollins needed wins in just the No. 5 and No. 6 matches to
secure the victory. First, Keegan
Burger beat Jose Martinez 6-2, 6-2 and then Di Felice knocked
off Wade Ball 6-3, 6-2 in the No. 5 match.
The Tars and Fighting Knights will match up in the SSC Semifinal
on Friday, April 25th at 9 a.m. Fans can follow live
scoring of all SSC Tournament matches on RollinsSports.com
Tennis Match Results
Florida Tech vs Rollins
04/24/14 at Winter Park, Fla.
(Tiedtke Complex)
#20 Rollins 5, #44 Florida Tech 1
Singles competition
1. #42 Will
Kwok (RCM) vs. Patrick Hernandez (FITM) 6-3, 3-1,
unfinished
2. Beau Fieldsend (FITM) def. Malte
Christesen (RCM) 6-1, 6-1
3. Robin
Marchione (RCM) vs. Riley Lorenz (FITM) 6-3, 4-1,
unfinished
4. Jason
Alabaster (RCM) vs. Daniel Armellino (FITM) 6-4, 5-3,
unfinished
5. Adrian Di
Felice (RCM) def. Wade Ball (FITM) 6-3, 6-2
6. Keegan
Burger (RCM) def. Jose Martinez (FITM) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Jason
Alabaster/Ari
Davis (RCM) def. #23 Patrick Hernandez/Wade Ball (FITM) 8-3
2. Will
Kwok/Jacobo
Herrero (RCM) def. Beau Fieldsend/Riley Lorenz (FITM) 8-0
3. Robin
Marchione/Adrian Di
Felice (RCM) def. Daniel Armellino/Bruno Rodrigues (FITM)
8-2
Match Notes:
Florida Tech 7-12; National ranking #44
Rollins 11-9; National ranking #20; Regional ranking #6
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (2,6,5)
2014 Sunshine State Conference Tournament First Round
Official: Karen Fay
