Clinton, S.C. – The Presbyterian College men's tennis team dropped an extremely close match to Campbell on Saturday afternoon, 4-3. Half of the singles matches made it to the third and deciding set. PC is now 10-9 on the season, 2-1 against Big South opponents.

PC took the first point of the match in doubles play. The pairing of Daniel Stenger and Oscar Alvarez earned a victory on Bobby McKee Court to kick things off. Nicholas McKinney and Jonathan Bedard won their match on court three to clinch the point for the Blue Hose.

In singles play, Jaime Castillo-Lopez earned a straight set victory over his opponent on court five to make the score 2-1. The Camels won the next pair of matches to take a 3-2 advantage. Alvarez, on court four, was able to win the twelfth game of his third set to earn the victory and tie the match. Stenger fought valiantly, winning his first set, but dropped his match and Campbell took the 4-3 win.  

Full results of the match can be found below:

Singles competition

1. WERNER,Dustin (CAM) def. STENGER, Daniel (PC) 5-7, 6-3, 6-4

2. HUON,Bastien (CAM) def. BENSON, Max (PC) 6-4, 7-5

3. CALZI,Raphael (CAM) def. McKINNEY, Nicholas (PC) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3

4. ALVAREZ, Oscar (PC) def. SOLA,Gerard (CAM) 6-1, 4-6, 7-5

5. CASTILLO-LOPEZ, J. (PC) def. CLEMENTE,Fernando (CAM) 6-4, 6-4

6. WILLIAMS,Ted (CAM) def. BEDARD, Jonathan (PC) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles competition

1. STENGER, Daniel/ALVAREZ, Oscar (PC) def. WERNER,Dustin/CALZI,Raphael (CAM) 6-3

2. CASTILLO-LOPEZ, J./BENSON, Max (PC) vs. MONTEROSSO,Louis/SOLA,Gerard (CAM) 6-5, unfinished

3. McKINNEY, Nicholas/BEDARD, Jonathan (PC) def. HUON,Bastien/CLEMENTE,Fernando (CAM) 6-4

The Blue Hose will return to the Templeton Tennis Courts tomorrow when they host UNCG. That match is scheduled to begin at 2:00 p.m.