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Men's Tennis News
Centre Men Lose Close Match to Bellarmine
The Centre College men's tennis team fell to Bellarmine University this past Saturday, March 10 by a score of 5-4. Bellarmine won two out of the three doubles matches to gain a 2-1 lead over the Colonels. The senior team of Lon Hays/Danny Schmidt won at #1 doubles, defeating Cheng/Royer 8-3.
In singles play, Schmidt lost a tough match to Janssen 6-4, 6-2 while freshman Brenton Deal fell to Royer at the #6 spot, 6-2, 6-3. Down 4-1, the Colonels had to win the rest of the matches to clinch the tie. Seniors Hays and Hari Vasupuram each pulled out solid wins at the #3 and #4 positions, respectively. At the #5 spot, sophomore Barrett Freeman toughed out a 7-5, 7-5 win over Mitchell despite being down 2-5 in both sets. With Freeman's victory, Centre was now tied with Bellarmine 4-4 with junior Doug Arnold on court. After splitting the first two sets at #2, Arnold succumbed to Matthews 6-1 in the third and deciding set, giving Bellarmine the 5-4 victory.
The Colonels, now 1-2 on the year, next face Union College on Thursday, March 15 in Danville , KY for their first home match.
Doubles |
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Centre
1)
Schmidt/Freeman
2)
Arnold/Vasupuram
3) Freeman/Deal
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Bellarmine
1)
Cheng/Royer
2)
Janssen/Esterle
3)
Matthews/Mitchell |
Winner
Centre
Bellarmine
Bellarmine |
Score
8-3
8-4
8-1 |
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Bellarmine
Beling
Langheim
Cheng
Turman
Mitchell
Royer
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Winner
Bellarmine
Bellarmine
Centre
Centre
Centre
Bellarmine |
Score
6-4, 6-2
4-6, 6-3, 6-1
6-3, 6-4
6-2, 6-3
7-5, 7-5
6-2, 6-3
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