#31 Rollins
5 -
2
#45 Fla. Southern
Box Score
TAMPA, Fla. (April 28, 2016) - Serving as the
fifth seed, Rollins upset fourth-seeded Florida Southern on
Thursday, 5-2, in the Sunshine State Conference Tournament
Quarterfinal. The Tars now advance to the SSC Semifinal on Friday
and will play No. 1-seed Saint Leo.
The Tars sieved command of the match early on, taking all three
doubles matches to take a 3-0 lead. Anton
Bettink and Casey
Austgen beat Jose de Sario and Brian Slivonik, 8-5, in the No.
1 match while Robin
Marchione and Adrian Di
Felice downed Miguel Alvarez-Hevia and Laurent Mailloux,
8-6.
In the No. 3 match, Patrick
Sell and Ziad
Melhaoui handled Fabian Lundberg and Arthur Viallaneix,
8-6.
In singles, eighth-ranked Bettink beat Lundberg in straight
sets, 6-1, 6-2, with Di Felice taking down Arthur Viallaneix, 6-1,
7-5.
Rollins will now meet top-seed Saint Leo in the SSC Semifinals
on Friday at 2 p.m. Live stats are available on
rollins.statbroadcast.com.
Tennis Match Results
Rollins vs Florida Southern
04/28/16 at Tampa, Fla.
(HCC Tennis Complex)
#31 Rollins 5, #45 Florida Southern 2
Singles competition
1. #9 Anton
Bettink (RCM) def. Fabian Lundberg (FSCM) 6-1, 6-2
2. Jose de Sario (FSCM) def. Casey
Austgen (RCM) 7-5, 6-0
3. Brian Slivonik (FSCM) def. Patrick
Sell (RCM) 6-0, 6-0
4. Miguel Alvarez-Hevia (FSCM) vs. Robin
Marchione (RCM) 3-6, 2-5, unfinished
5. Adrian Di
Felice (RCM) def. Arthur Viallaneix (FSCM) 6-1, 7-5
6. Oscar Soderlund (FSCM) vs. Ahmed
Albitar (RCM) 2-6, 2-4, unfinished
Doubles competition
1. Anton
Bettink/Casey
Austgen (RCM) def. Jose de Sario/Brian Slivonik (FSCM) 8-5
2. Robin
Marchione/Adrian Di
Felice (RCM) def. Miguel Alvarez-Hevia/Laurent Mailloux (FSCM)
8-6
3. Patrick
Sell/Ziad
Melhaoui (RCM) def. Fabian Lundberg/Arthur Viallaneix (FSCM)
8-6
Match Notes:
Rollins 9-13; National ranking #31; Regional ranking #7
Florida Southern 14-10; National ranking #45; Regional ranking
#9
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (3,1,2,5)
2016 Sunshine State Conference Tournament Quarterfinals
Official: Flint,Kaye,Dahle
