#33 Rollins
6 -
3
#35 PBA
Box Score
WINTER PARK, Fla. (April 9, 2016) - No. 33
Rollins snapped a two-match losing skid on Saturday afternoon,
knocking off No. 35 Palm Beach Atlantic, 6-3.
The Tars would leap out to a 2-1 lead after doubles, taking the
No. 2 and No. 3 matches. In the No. 2 spot, Robin
Marchione and Ahmed
Albitar downed Nicholaas Battistini and Asti Adams, 9-8 (7-5)
while Patrick
Sell and Ziad
Melhaoui beat Thomas Salmon and Pietro de Silva, 8-6, in the
No. 3 match.
In the singles portion of the match, Rollins would drop the No.
1 and No. 2 matches but took the other four, all in straight sets,
to secure the win.
In the No. 3 spot, Marchione won his ninth match of the spring,
defeating Battistini, 6-1, 6-1 with Adrian Di
Felice beating Adams, 6-4, 6-4 in the No. 4 match. Di Felice is
now 6-4 in singles on the season.
Albitar improved to 8-7 with a 6-1, 6-4 win in the No. 5 hole
while Melhaoui won his fourth singles match in a row to improve to
4-1, defeating de Silva, 7-6(2), 6-4.
The Tars will be back in action on April 12th when
they travel to Eckerd. The match is set to begin at 3 p.m.
Tennis Match Results
Palm Beach Atl vs Rollins
04/09/16 at Winter Park, Fla.
(Tiedtke Tennis Complex)
#33 Rollins 6, #35 Palm Beach Atl 3
Singles competition
1. #16 Nicolas Uryson (PBAM) def. #10 Anton
Bettink (RCM) 6-3, 1-6, 10-8
2. Hendrik Burmeister (PBAM) def. Casey
Austgen (RCM) 6-3, 6-3
3. Robin
Marchione (RCM) def. Nicholas Battistini (PBAM) 6-1, 6-1
4. Adrian Di
Felice (RCM) def. Asti Adams (PBAM) 6-4, 6-4
5. Ahmed
Albitar (RCM) def. Thomas Salmon (PBAM) 6-1, 6-4
6. Ziad
Melhaoui (RCM) def. Pietro de Silva (PBAM) 7-6 (7-2), 6-4
Doubles competition
1. Nicolas Uryson/Hendrik Burmeister (PBAM) def. #11 Anton
Bettink/Adrian Di
Felice (RCM) 8-5
2. Robin
Marchione/Ahmed
Albitar (RCM) def. Nicholas Battistini/Asti Adams (PBAM) 9-8
(7-5)
3. Patrick
Sell/Ziad
Melhaoui (RCM) def. Thomas Salmon/Pietro de Silva (PBAM)
8-6
Match Notes:
Palm Beach Atl 10-5; National ranking #35; Regional ranking
#8
Rollins 6-12; National ranking #33; Regional ranking #7
