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Men's Tennis News
Men's Tennis Opens with Convincing Win
The Centre College men's tennis team started its 2007 season with a convincing victory over the University of Charleston, WV 8-1, Saturday, March 3, in Charleston , WV
Centre got the match started by sweeping all three doubles matches, to take a 3-0 lead. The senior team of Lon Hays/Danny Schmidt at #1 doubles and the #2 doubles pair of Hari Vasupuram/Doug Arnold were never threatened in their victories of 8-6 and 8-5 over Bumgarner/Hughes and Machado/Lilly, respectively. At #3 doubles, Barrett Freeman/Brenton Deal fought hard to close out their match against Turner/Silva, eventually winning 9-7.
In singles play, the Colonels won five out of the six matches to clinch the tie, suffering its lone loss at #1 singles. At the #2 position, junior Doug Arnold was extremely solid in easing past Lilly 6-1, 6-1, serving up just one double fault through the whole match. Hays, playing his first collegiate match since the conference tournament last year, pulled away from Hughes at the #3 spot to triumph 6-4, 6-0. Senior Hari Vasupuram took down Machado at #4 singles, 6-0, 6-1, while Freeman beat Romano 6-2, 6-2. Freshman Brenton Deal capped off the victory with a smooth 6-1, 6-1 victory over Turner to begin his collegiate career on a very positive note.
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Charleston
Michael Bumgarner
Cury Lilly
Matt Hughes
Victor Machado
Steven Romano
Justin Turner
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Winner
Charleston
Centre
Centre
Centre
Centre
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Score
6-2, 6-3
6-1, 6-1
6-4, 6-0
6-0, 6-1
6-2, 6-2
6-1, 6-1 |
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Centre, now 1-0 this year, will next play Campbellsville Tuesday, March 6, in Campbellsville, KY. The match is set to start at 4 p.m. |
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