CLINTON, S.C. – Two singles wins
for the Presbyterian College men's tennis team were not enough as the Blue Hose
fell to the UNC Asheville Bulldogs on Saturday, 5-2.
PC moves to 11-12 overall and 0-5
in the Big South, while UNC Asheville sees its record move to 8-8 and 1-3 in
conference action.
Grayson Mills (Lilburn, Ga.) kept
his stellar freshman season rolling by capturing his 10th singles
win of the season. Mills toughed out a first-flight win against Matt Waissen to
give PC one of its two wins. After taking a close first set, 7-5, Mills dropped
the second by a 0-6 margin. The freshman rallied in the third, however, winning
6-4 and sealing the result.
Zachary Sprouse (Hilton Head,
S.C.) also picked up a sixth-flight win over Thomas Rees. Sprouse rolled to a
6-3 first set victory before narrowly pulling out the second, 7-6.
PC saw several close matches in
competitive doubles action. Mills and Rafael Berghaus (Offenbach, Germany)
narrowly fell in their contest against Waissen and Jonas Brobeck, 8-6. Gonzalo
Asis (Madrid, Spain) and Andrew Brigham (Birmingham, England) also fell by the
narrowest of margins to Nicola Nonnenbroich and Nathan White, 9-8.
The Blue Hose wrap up the regular
season by hosting Coastal Carolina on Saturday at 1 p.m.
Singles competition
1. MILLS, Grayson (PC-M) def. WAISSEN, Matt (ASHM) 7-5, 0-6, 6-4
2. LANGEARD, Adrien (ASHM) def. BRIGHAM, Andrew (PC-M) 6-0, 6-4
3. NONNENBROICH, Nicola (ASHM) def. BERGHAUS, Rafael (PC-M) 6-3, 7-5
4. MATTHEWS, Ryan (ASHM) def. ASIS, Gonzalo (PC-M) 7-5, 6-2
5. BROBECK, Jonas (ASHM) def. MOONEY, Kenneth (PC-M) 6-3, 6-2
6. SPROUSE, Zachary (PC-M) def. REES, Thomas (ASHM) 6-3, 7-6
Doubles competition
1. WAISSEN, Matt/BROBECK, Jonas (ASHM) def. MILLS, Grayson/BERGHAUS, Rafael
(PC-M) 8-6
2. NONNENBROICH, Nicola/WHITE, Nathan (ASHM) def. BRIGHAM, Andrew/ASIS, Gonzalo
(PC-M) 9-8
3. REES, Thomas/LANGEARD, Adrien (ASHM) def. SNEAD, Edward/SPROUSE, Zachary
(PC-M) 8-4
