The Spring Hill College men’s tennis team opened their season with a 7-0 sweep over Tuskegee in the first game of the SIAC Round-Up at the Copeland-Cox (Mobile) Tennis Center on Thursday.
Phillip Bosman and Noah Eberhardcompleted a clean sweep in doubles action, winning 6-0. Paul-Phillip Kern and Tom Gutermann also got a clean sweep in doubles play. Charles Wallace and Hugo Blasco Granell won their doubles match, 6-1.
The sweep continued into singles, with the Badgers not dropping a point. Wallace and Kern earned clean sweeps, winning their matches 6-0.
Match Details
Date: Feb. 8
Time: 9 a.m.
Venue(Location): Copeland-Cox Tennis Center (Mobile, Ala.)
Results
Spring Hill 7, Tuskegee 0
Records: Spring Hill (1-0, 1-0 SIAC) , Tuskegee University (2-3, 1-1 SIAC)
Doubles:
1. Phillip Bosman/Noah Eberhard (SHC) def. Zamani Moyo/Keith Moultrie (TU) 6-0
2. Paul-Philipp Kern/Tom Gutermann (SHC) def. Eliyahu Pinkney/Torain Alleyne (TU) 6-0
3. Charles Wallace/Hugo Blasco Granell (SHC) def. Miles Shannon Wilson/Tyler Ladge (TU) 6-1
Order of finish: 3,1,2
Singles:
1. Phillip Bosman (SHC) def. Zamani Moyo (TU) 4-6, 6-0, 9-11
2. Tom Gutermann (SHC) def. Keith Moultrie (TU) 6-1, 6-0
3. Paul-Philip-Kern (SHC) def. Miles Shannon WIlson (TU) 6-0, 6-0
4. Charles Wallace (SHC) def. Torain Alleyne (TU) 6-0, 6-0
5. Noah Eberhard (SHC) def. Teryon Newbold-Hudso (TU) 6-2, 6-0
6. Hugo Blasco Granell (SHC) def. Ty’lon Miller (TU) 6-1, 6-0
Match Notes
– The Badgers continued their SIAC sweep streak, not giving up a single point in a match since April 1.
– Bosman, Eberhard and Blasco Granell made their debuts with the Badgers.
– The duo of Gutermann and Kern began conference play with a doubles sweep for the second year in a row.
– Kern opened SIAC singles play with a clean sweep for the second straight year and grew his conference win streak to 12 matches.
– Wallace added a 10th match to his SIAC singles win streak that spans back to Feb. 24.
They said it
Head Coach John Dotson
On the match
“The men had an outstanding day, winning 7-0 against last season’s SIAC runner up. Phillip Bosman had a close match winning 4-6, 6-0 11-9 in a third set tiebreaker. Tuskegee has certainly improved their team!”
Up Next
Spring Hill will continue hosting the SIAC Round-Up, with matches against Fort Valley State, Morehouse and Benedict on Friday.
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