CLINTON, S.C. – The Presbyterian College men's tennis team
fell to UNC Asheville in a road Big South Conference matchup on Wednesday
afternoon, 6-1.
PC moves to 11-14 on the year and 1-5 in Big South play. UNC
Asheville improves to 12-9 and 4-2 in league action.
William O'Connell (Nadi, Fiji) won the lone match for the Blue
Hose, downing Jonas Brobeck by a 7-5, 6-3 margin at the third flight. The win
gives the junior his 12th singles victory in his first season at PC,
one shy of the team lead.
Several players pushed their matches to three sets in
hard-fought losses. Gonzalo Asis (Madrid, Spain) dropped a tough contest at No.
6 to John Schubel, 7-6, 1-6, 7-5.
Zachary Sprouse (Hilton Head, S.C.) battled Thomas Rees at
the fourth flight and fell to the Bulldog, 6-1, 4-6, 6-1.
Andrew Brigham (Birmingham, England) nearly took a set from
Ryan Matthews before coming up short, 6-2, 7-6 (7-1).
The Bulldogs swept doubles action, despite Brigham and O'Connell
challenging Rees and Adrien Langeard at the second flight in an 8-6 loss.
PC returns to action in Friday with a Blue Hose doubleheader
at Winthrop. The men's team will play the Eagles at 2 p.m. after the women
start play at 1 p.m.
Singles competition
1. LANGEARD, Adrien (ASH) def. MILLS, Grayson (PCM) 6-2, 6-4
2. WAISSEN, Matt (ASH) def. BERGHAUS, Rafael (PCM) 6-1, 6-0
3. O'CONNELL, William (PCM) def. BROBECK, Jonas (ASH) 7-5, 6-3
4. REES, Thomas (ASH) def. SPROUSE, Zachary (PCM) 6-1, 4-6, 6-1
5. MATTHEWS, Ryan (ASH) def. BRIGHAM, Andrew (PCM) 6-2, 7-6 (7-1)
6. SCHUBEL, John (ASH) def. ASIS, Gonzalo (PCM) 7-6, 1-6, 7-5
Doubles competition
1. BROBECK, Jonas/WAISSEN, Matt (ASH) def. MILLS, Grayson/BERGHAUS, Rafael (PCM) 8-4
2. LANGEARD, Adrien/REES, Thomas (ASH) def. O'CONNELL, William/BRIGHAM, Andrew (PCM) 8-6
3. CONATY, Pete/SCHUBEL, John (ASH) def. ASIS, Gonzalo/SPROUSE, Zachary (PCM) 8-3
