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Men's Tennis blanks Campbellsville 7-0
03/16/2006 | 12:00:00 | Men's Tennis
March 16, 2006
By Lacole Hook
www.siusalukis.com
HILTON HEAD, S.C. - Men's tennis wrapped up their spring break trip to S.C. with a 7-0 win over Campbellsville.
The Salukis were perfect on the day, not losing a match. The win moved the Salukis to 4-4 on the season.
"We played good and took care of business today," said tennis coach Dann Nelson.
Feilpe Villasenor and Rodrigo Lama both lost their first set at the No. 1 and 2 spots respectively, but were able to pull out a victory.
"The top two matches were really tough," Nelson said. "Feilpe and Rodrigo both settled down after the first set, and were able to take the second and third sets."
At the No. 3, 4 and 5 spots Sergio Sanchez, Andrei Bubnov and Tomas Gonzalez easily defeated their opponents 6-0, 6-0.
Nick Bauer in the No. 6 spot also picked up a win.
"When we left Carbondale we were 1-4," said Nelson. "Now we have evened it to 4-4."
"We did what we had to do. The guys showed a lot of heart in these three matches. We don't get down, just fight a lot harder."
Doubles
No. 1 Feilpe Villasenor/Sergio Sanchez def. Luke Beling/Mark Tiu 8-2
No. 2 Rodrigo Lama/Andrei Bubnov def. Marcelo Bloga/Kyle Caven 8-2
No. 3 Tomas Gonzalez/Bojan Ilievski def. Cliff Engels/Keaton 8-2
Singles
No. 1 Feilpe Villasenor def. Luke Beling 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3)
No. 2 Rodrigo Lama def. Mark Tiu 1-6, 6-4, 6-4
No. 3 Sergio Sanchez def. Marcelo Bloga 6-0, 6-0
No. 4 Andrei Bubnov def. Kyle Caven 6-0, 6-0
No. 5 Tomas Gonzalez def. Cliff Engels 6-0, 6-0
No. 6 Nick Bauer def. Keaton 6-1, 6-2
