Eagles Edged By No. 43 Yellow Jackets, 7-0
2/4/2008 5:18:00 AM | Men's Tennis
In singles action, the Jackets managed to keep the Eagles from winning a set throughout match play. However the Eagles kept matches close for the Jackets. Sands continued to push his opponent, being broken only once in the first set, keeping the competitiveness alive. He fell to Austin Roebuck, 6-4, in the first. Sands' resilience carried into the second set, holding serve and keeping an advantage, 3-2. Sands was eventually broken and dropped the second set, 6-4.
At the one seed, lone senior Emmanuel Nkoueleue showed perseverance against his opponent, David North. Nkoueleue dropped the first set, 6-1, but brought the fight in the second set, holding serve through the twelfth game. Nkoueleue tested his opponent, drawing the second set into a tiebreak. The Douala,
1. Scott Blackmon/Ryan Smith (GT) d. Emmanuel Nkoueleue/Borja Malet (GS) 8-3*
2. Guillermo Gomez/Eliot Potvin (GT) d. Gregory Bekkers/Mark Paetz (GS) 8-0
3. David North/Miguel Muguruza (GT) d. Philip Prins/Matthew Sands (GS) 8-6
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3
*Clinched the doubles point
Singles:
1. David North (GT) d. Emmanuel Nkoueleue (GS) 6-1, 7-6
2. No. 82 Guillermo Gomez (GT) d. Gregory Bekkers (GS) 6-1, 6-2
3. Scott Blackmon (GT) d. Philip Prins (GS) 6-0, 6-1
4. Miguel Muguruza (GT) d. Mark Paetz (GS) 6-0, 6-1 *
5. Austin Roebuck (GT) d. Matthew Sands (GS) 6-4, 6-4
6. Doug Kenny (GT) d. Rasim Magafurov (GS) 6-1, 6-2
Order of finish: 3, 2, 4, 6, 5, 1
*Clinched the match
