ASHEVILLE, N.C.- The Presbyterian College men's tennis season came to a close on Saturday evening, as the Blue Hose fell to No. 4 seeded Campbell, 4-2, at the Asheville Racquet Club.
PC finishes the season with a 20-9 overall record for the team's third straight 20-win season. Campbell (13-9) advances to play the winner of Coastal Carolina and Gardner-Webb on Monday morning.
The Camels earned the doubles point by taking the matches on courts one and three against the Blue Hose. Adrien Rossignon and Marthinus Visser handed Alexander Lykou and Brandon Mills an 8-4 loss at No. 1 doubles. At the No. 3 position, Nicolas Rakitin and Steven Billington took the match, 8-4, over Ryan Miller and Danny Bruce.
The All-Conference doubles team of Ben Kelley and Joel Roberts beat Lukas Schaefer and Jonathan O'Neal, 8-4, at No. 2 to finish the year 6-0 as a doubles team.
In singles, Campbell jumped out to a 2-0 lead when Visser beat Kelley 6-2, 6-4 at No. 6 singles. Kelley ends his sophomore season with a 15-4 overall record.
Alejandro Bejar, who finishes his freshman season with an impressive 24-2 record (8-1 conference), beat Big South Freshman of the Year, Schaefer, in straight sets at No. 2 singles, 7-5, 6-3, to cut it to 2-1.
Campbell's O'Neal added a victory from the No. 4 spot as he defeated Mills 7-6, 6-2.
Bruce defeated Rossignon 6-1, 7-6 (7-4) at No. 5 singles to cut the score to 3-2. The junior, who was named the No. 5 singles Co-Flight Champion, finishes the season with a 6-1 record against Big South competition.
The Camels clinched the match with a win at line one when Billington beat Lykou 1-6, 6-3, 6-2.
Diego Manzanas' match with Rakitin at line three was unfinished, but Manzanas was up in the third set, 5-4, when the match was terminated.
For the second year in a row, Campbell has eliminated PC from the tournament. The loss concludes the season for the young Blue Hose squad, as the team returns the entire team next year.
Singles competition:
1. Billington,Steven (CAM-M) def. LYKOU, Alexander (PCM) 1-6, 6-3, 6-2
2. BEJAR, Alejandro (PCM) def. Schaefer,Lukas (CAM-M) 7-5, 6-3
3. Rakitin,Nicolas (CAM-M) vs. MANZANAS, Diego (PCM) 3-6, 6-1, 4-5, unfinished
4. BRUCE, Danny (PCM) def. Rossignon,Adrien (CAM-M) 6-1, 7-6 (7-4)
5. O'Neal,Jonathan (CAM-M) def. MILLS, Brandon (PCM) 7-6, 6-2
6. Visser,Marthinus (CAM-M) def. KELLEY, Ben (PCM) 6-2, 6-4
Doubles competition:
1. Rossignon,Adrien/Visser,Marthinus (CAM-M) def. LYKOU, Alexander/MILLS, Brandon (PCM) 8-4
2. KELLEY, Ben/ROBERTS, Joel (PCM) def. Schaefer,Lukas/O'Neal,Jonathan (CAM-M) 8-4
3. Rakitin,Nicolas/Billington,Steven (CAM-M) def. MILLER, Ryan/BRUCE, Danny (PCM) 8-4
