WINTER PARK, Fla. (February 25, 2015) - The No.
13 Rollins (2-3) men's tennis team defeated No. 34 Florida Southern
(0-5) 8-1 in the Sunshine State Conference home opener Wednesday
evening from the Bert W. Martin Complex.
Rollins led 3-0 after three very close doubles matches and then
closed out the day winning five of the six singles matches. Anton
Bettink, Adrian Di
Felice and Patrick
Sell all completed the day winning multiple matches.
The Tars climb to 2-3 and 1-1 in the SSC while Florida Southern
drops to 0-5.
Rollins began with Anton
Bettink and Adrian Di
Felice at number one doubles. The match featured aggressive
hitting as the Tars No. 19 ranked doubles team prevailed in a
tiebreak 9-8 (2). At two doubles, Patrick
Sell and Jacobo
Herrero played a close match that had long rallies and came
down to a few winners. Sell and Herrero claimed the 9-7 match win
decided just before a potential third tiebreak in doubles. Malte
Christesen and Henning
Ander at three doubles led 4-3 before losing a break and
falling behind 8-7. The tandem fought back and won the match in an
extremely close tiebreak 9-8 (6).
In singles play, the Tars No. 10-ranked sophomore Anton
Bettink began the first set cruising past his opponent using
his fierce forehand combined with great footwork to win the first
set 6-2. Bettink held firm in the second set as he commanded the
court winning the second set in a 6-2 decisive fashion.
Patrick
Sell also managed to win in straight sets, closing out his
opponent 6-2, 7-5. In the first set Sell broke his opponent at 3-2
and pulled away winning the final four games. In the second set
both players held serve until the final game as the sophomore won
7-5.
Robin
Marchione began the first set trailing 3-2, but managed to
break serve and take a 4-3 lead. Marchione, ranked No. 38 by the
ITA, surged ahead in the final game of the first set with a break
to win 6-4. At 2-2 in the second set Marchione broke his opponents
serve once more and did not look back, winning the final set
6-3.
Junior Adrian Di
Felice started off four singles in dominant fashion, holding
serve throughout and winning 6-0. Di Felice managed to take control
of the second set at 3-2 and won the final three games to win in
straight sets 6-0, 6-2.
At five singles, Jacobo
Herrero battled back trailing one set to none as he broke serve
in the final game of the second set to win 6-4. In the third set
tiebreak, Herrero ended up falling 10-6.
Freshman Mike Santa
Lucia also had a dominant day on court, defeating his opponent
Derek Bell, 6-1, 6-1. Lucia began the first set breaking serve at
2-1 and winning the final five games as he won the set 6-1. Lucia
kept the foot on the gas peddle leading 3-0 in the second set and
breaking serve at 4-1 to finish off Bell 6-1, 6-1.
The Tars will play non-conference foe Chestnut Hill in a home
match at 3 p.m Thursday, February 26 from the Tiedtke Complex.
Tennis Match Results
Florida Southern vs Rollins
02/25/15 at Winter Park, Fla.
(Bert W. Martin Tennis Complex)
#13 Rollins 8, #34 Florida Southern 1
Singles competition
1. #10 Anton
Bettink (RCM) def. Fabian Lundberg (FSCM) 6-2, 6-2
2. Patrick
Sell (RCM) def. Arthur Viallaneix (FSCM) 6-2, 7-5
3. #38 Robin
Marchione (RCM) def. Laurent Mailloux (FSCM) 6-4, 6-3
4. Adrian Di
Felice (RCM) def. Charles Garneau (FSCM) 6-0, 6-2
5. Blaine Miller (FSCM) def. Jacobo
Herrero (RCM) 6-2, 4-6, 10-6
6. Mike Santa
Lucia (RCM) def. Derek Bell (FSCM) 6-1, 6-1
Doubles competition
1. #19 Anton
Bettink/Adrian Di
Felice (RCM) def. Fabian Lundberg/Arthur Viallaneix (FSCM) 9-8
(2)
2. Patrick
Sell/Jacobo
Herrero (RCM) def. Laurent Mailloux/Charles Garneau (FSCM)
9-7
3. Malte
Christesen/Henning
Ander (RCM) def. Blaine Miller/Derek Bell (FSCM) 9-8 (6)
Match Notes:
Florida Southern 0-5; National ranking #34; Regional ranking #8
Rollins 2-3; National ranking #13; Regional ranking #6
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (4,6,1,3,5,2)
Official: Dale Moore T-3:10 A-45
Follow Rollins Tennis on Social Media!
Facebook: Rollins
Sports
Twitter: @RollinsSports
#TARnation
Instagram: @rollinssports
