Bulldogs bite too much for Eagles
The Carson-Newman men’s tennis team was unable to break a four match losing streak to Tennessee Wesleyan on Friday afternoon.
JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – The Carson-Newman men's tennis team was unable to break a four match losing streak to Tennessee Wesleyan on Friday afternoon.
Carson-Newman (1-3) got off to a rough start dropping all three doubles matches to begin the afternoon. The No.1 doubles tandem of Joao Pedro Oliveria (Brazil) and Gabriel Dabdab (Brazil) lost 8-6 to Tennessee Wesleyan (3-0). Stefano Daza (Venezuela) and Marc Bantel lost 8-4 at No.2 doubles, while Rodolpho Schwarz (Brazil) and Jesus Barcete (Spain) dropped the final doubles match 8-5.
Going into singles play the Eagles needed to win five matches to win the contest against the Bulldogs. Oliveria started things off in a positive manner for the Eagles with a straight sets victory (6-4, 6-4) over Borja Perez at the No.1 singles position.
Schwarz won his first match of the 2017 season after an 0-3 start in singles play. The junior had to come from behind after losing the first set 7-6, he won the final two sets 6-2, 6-1. Dabdab and Kevin Mendes (Chattanooga, Tenn.) closed out singles play with straight set victories at the No.5 and No.6 singles positions.
Daza and Bantel were the only two Eagles to fall during singles competition on Friday afternoon. Bantel lost 6-2, 7-5 at the No. 3 singles position and Daza fell 6-2, 6-3 at the No.4 singles position.
The Eagles will try and rebound with win over Anderson on Sunday afternoon. Match time is set for 2:00 p.m. at the Buddy Catlett Tennis Complex.
