#30 Rollins
2 -
7
#2 Saint Leo
Box Score
SAINT LEO, Fla. (March 31, 2016) - After eight
days off, the Tars traveled to No. 2 Saint Leo on Thursday,
eventually falling to the Lions, 7-2.
No. 30 Rollins found themselves in a 3-0 hole after doubles and
couldn't recover. The Tars suffered 8-5 loses in both the No. 2 and
No. 3 matches and the 11th ranked duo of Adrian Di
Felice and Anton
Bettink fell to No. 2-ranked A. Barroso-Campos and Alex
Theiler, 8-1, in the No. 1 match.
In singles, Ziad
Melhaoui won his second match in a row, defeating Francisco
Aparicio in straight sets, 6-2, 6-2 in the No. 4 match.
In the No. 2 hole, Casey
Austgen secured an upset win, highlighting the afternoon for
the Tars when he beat Theiler, 2-6, 7-6 (4), 10-8. Theiler is the
No. 17 ranked singles player in Division II Austgen is now 1-1 in
No. 2 singles and 5-5 in his last ten singles matches overall.
Rollins will return to the court on Wednesday, April
6th when they travel to Florida Southern. The match is
set to begin at 3 p.m.
Tennis Match Results
Rollins vs Saint Leo
03/31/16 at Saint Leo, Fla.
(Saint Leo Tennis Center)
#2 Saint Leo 7, #30 Rollins 2
Singles competition
1. #3 A. Barroso-Campos (SLM16) def. #10 Anton
Bettink (RCM) 6-2, 6-1
2. Casey
Austgen (RCM) def. #17 Alex Theiler (SLM16) 2-6, 7-6 (7-4),
10-8
3. #15 Egor Panyushkin (SLM16) def. Ahmed
Albitar (RCM) 5-0, retired
4. Jaime Bueno (SLM16) def. Hayden
Rodrigue (RCM) 6-3, 6-0
5. Ziad
Melhaoui (RCM) def. Francisco Aparicio (SLM16) 6-2, 6-2
6. Elliot Carnello (SLM16) def. Keegan
Burger (RCM) 6-1, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. #2 A. Barroso-Campos/Alex Theiler (SLM16) def. #11 Adrian Di
Felice/Anton
Bettink (RCM) 8-1
2. Jaime Bueno/Egor Panyushkin (SLM16) def. Ahmed
Albitar/Robin
Marchione (RCM) 8-5
3. Guillaume Vanelven/Francisco Aparicio (SLM16) def. Casey
Austgen/Ziad
Melhaoui (RCM) 8-5
Match Notes:
Rollins 5-11, 0-2; National ranking #30; Regional ranking #7
Saint Leo MTen 13-1, 2-0; National ranking #2; Regional ranking
#1
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (3,1,6,5,4,2)
