SAINT LEO, Fla. (March 9, 2024) - Men's Tennis suffered their first loss of the season on Saturday, dropping their contest against #3 Saint Leo on Saturday, 5-2. Rollins now stands at 9-1 on the year, while the Lions improve to 11-1.
The Lions captured the doubles points with wins on courts two and three.
Guillermo Castaneda/
Charlie Putrino dropped their match on court two 6-3, and
Efe Comu/
Nico de Giacomo fell 6-4 on court three. Rollins gained a moral victory with a win on court one where
Luke Quaynor/
Richard Stoiberer outlasted #18 Martin Soukal/Luis Iriarte 7-6 (5).
Saint Leo won the first three single matches to clinch the victory. #2 Vincent Thiel took down Quaynor on court two, 6-3, 6-3. On number four, it was Ghali Mensour defeating Stoiberer 6-2, 6-3. The match was then clinched on number six when Iriarte outdueled Putrino 61, 6-4.
The Lions added one more singles win on the featured court where @9 Martin Soukal needed an extra set to get past
Efe Comu, 6-2, 4-6, 10-2. The final two courts in action were number three and number five. On three, de Giacomo boosted his season resume with a 6-2, 1-6 10-6 win over Nicolas Bacella. Castaneda wrapped up the Tars' day with a win on five, outplaying Dylan Andrianaly 7-5, 2-6, 10-6 to give Rollins a second point.
From Coach Friedman:
"Tough test today for us, and we will own that we didn't sustain the necessary level on every court to pull out the win. We will take this and move forward better informed with what is coming in each matchup for future conference play. I am proud of our guys for handling some substandard distractions from our opponents as truly mature men. In the end, we are all our standards and in that department we represented all that is good and possible."
Next up for Rollins is a home contest against #4 Mississippi College. First serve on Monday, March 11 is scheduled for 11:00pm.
