Saturday, April 7, 2007
Presbyterian Advances to Food Lion South Atlantic Men's Tennis Tournament Finals
MARS HILL, N.C.- In the second semifinal match, No. 1 Presbyterian College prevailed 5-1 over the No. 4 seed, Catawba College. The Blue Hose also swept double play to help themselves seal the win. PC improved to 16-5 on the year while Catawba fell to 19-6 on the season.
The Blue Hose No. 1 doubles team of first team All-SAC pick Aaron Chapman (Mount Pleasant, Australia) and Matthew Martin (Surrey, British Columbia, Canada) defeated Catawba's Jose Velazquez (Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic) and Drew Ramsey (Raleigh, NC), 8-3. Zach Glankler (Highland Village, TX) and Andrew Lee (Myrtle Beach, SC) beat Sean Soltan (Vetlanda, Sweden) and Fernando Aguiar (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) by a score of 8-5. Patrick Fediuk (Kimberly, British Columbia, Canada) and Michael Nicol (Spartanburg, SC) completed the doubles sweep with an 8-2 victory over Cyle Peterson (Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada) and Hector Bousoulas (Athens, Greece). Lee, Fediuk and Nicol were all second team All-SAC selections.
Velazquez, the SAC Player of the Year, defeated Chapman
at No. 1 doubles (7-5, 7-5) for Catawba's only point.
Martin, the SAC Freshman of the Year, defeated Soltan (6-4,
7-6) at No. 2 singles before Ruan Olivier (Welkom, South
Africa) beat Aguiar (6-1, 6-0) to end the match.
Singles
#1 Jose Velazquez (CC) def. Aaron Chapman (PC) 7-5, 7-5
#2 Matthew Martin (PC) def. Sean Soltan (CC) 6-4, 7-6
#3 Ruan Olivier (PC) def. Fernando Aguiar (CC) 6-1, 6-0
#4 Michael Nicol (PC) vs. Hector Bousoulas (CC) DNF
#5 Patrick Fediuk (PC) vs. Cyle Peterson (CC) DNF
#6 Andrew Lee (PC) vs. Drew Ramsey (CC) DNF)
Doubles
#1 Chapman/Martin (PC) def. Velazquez/Ramsey (CC) 8-3
#2 Zach Glankler/Lee (PC) def. Soltan/Aguiar (CC) 8-5
#3 Fediuk/Nicol (PC) vs. Peterson/Ramsey (CC) 8-2
Final Score: 5-1
Records: Presbyterian (16-5); Catawba (19-6)