MEN’S
PENSACOLA, Fla. – The third-ranked Seward County Community College men’s tennis team rolled to a 7-2 team victory over No. 5 Eastern Florida State College on Saturday in the first day of the Pensacola Invitational. The Saints improved to 3-3.
Seward won four of the six singles matches and swept in doubles.
In singles, No. 1 Hugo Lobo defeated Nils Michel, 7-6, 6-7, 10-6, No. 2 Gabe Nery lost to Adriel Azucey, 3-6, 6-4, 3-10, No. 3 Sander Jans beat Sebastian Rivera, 6-2, 6-1 and No. 4 Francisco Vargas knocked off Fabricio Galvan, 6-1, 6-0.
Seward split the final two singles matches as SCCC’s Carlo Izurieta lost to Nicholas Mora, 4-6, 1-6 and Edgar Fougerit won over Sebastian Bunster, 7-5, 6-4.
In doubles, Nery/Jans beat Frederik Oervad/Azucey, 9-7, Nic Rousset/Hugo Lobo beat Michel/Rivera, W 8-6 and Izurieta/Vargas defeated Galvan/Mora, 8-3, to complete the sweep.
PENSACOLA, Fla. – The third-ranked Seward County Community College men’s tennis team gained a split of its matches on the second day of the Pensacola Invitational. The Saints, who are 4-4, lost to No. 2 ASA (Miami), 7-2, but defeated No. 9 Harford, 8-1, on Sunday.
ASA (MIAMI)
Seward managed two victories, one in singles and one in doubles, both at the No. 1 slots, against ASA (Miami). Nic Rousset battled back from a one-set deficit to beat Toru Horie, 6-7, 6-4 10-4, while Gabe Nery and Sander Jans beat Tao Castillo and Horie, 9-8.
In the other singles matches, No. 2 Hugo Lobo lost to G. Cruz, 2-6, 0-6, No. 3 Nery fell to Sergio Ingles, 1-6, 4-6, No. 4 Jans was defeated by Matt Carroll, 4-6, 6-3, 4-10, No. 5 Francisco Vargas was beaten by Tomas Santantonio, 3-6, 2-6 and No. 6 Carlo Izurieta lost to Castillo, 2-6, 0-6.
In the other doubles matches, Rousset and Lobo lost to Ingles and Carroll, 4-8, and Izurieta and Francisco were defeated by Vargas and Santantonio, 5-8.
HARFORD
Seward got back on track by winning eight of the nine matches against Harford.
In the singles matches, No. 1 Nic Rousset beat Thomas Norwood, 6-4, 7-6, No. 2 Sander Jans defeated Artur Etzberger, 6-1, 6-2, No. 4 Francisco Vargas knocked off John Brett, W 6-1, 6-0, No. 5 Edgar Fougerit won over Finlay Rowan, 6-1, 6-2, and No. 6 Franck Soulerot beat Alberto Villarmil, 6-1, 6-1.
The only loss for the Saints came when No. 3 Gabe Nery retired because of an injury in his match against Adam Larsen, tied at 6-0, 5-7.
Seward swept in doubles with Nery and Jans defeating Norwood and Etzberger, 8-3, Edgar Fougerit and Hugo Lobo cruising past Larsen and Brett, 8-1 and Carlo Izurieta and Vargas beating Bruno Brocanelli and Rowan, 8-2.
WOMEN’S
PENSACOLA, Fla. – The fifth-ranked Seward County Community College women’s tennis team played short-handed and competed valiantly, but came up on the losing end against No. 6 Eastern Florida State, 5-4, on Saturday in the first day of the Pensacola Invitational. The Lady Saints dropped to 2-2.
Seward played without Alisa Handrugan and had to default a singles and doubles match which ultimately cost it the team victory.
In singles, No. 1 Patricia Panta beat Vasavi Ganesan, 6-2, 6-1, No. 2 Maria Aveiga lost to Tsveti Trifonova, 1-6, 3-6, and No. 3 Alena Macharova beat Chengeto Moyana, 6-2, 6-1. No. 4 Sofia Belluco lost Valeria Arevalo, 0-6, 5-7, and No. 5 Eva Liu fell to Emma Othmer, 0-6, 1-6.
In doubles, Panta and Aveiga beat Ganesan and Trifonova, 8-6, and Macharova and Belluco beat Othmer and Arevalo, 9-8
