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Food Lion South Atlantic Conference Men's Tennis Championship: Presbyterian Captures Third Straight Title
April 21, 2006

All Spring Championship Recaps


Presbyterian 5, Carson-Newman 0 (Championship)

Carson-Newman 5, Tusculum 1 (Semifinal)

Presbyterian 5, Mars Hill 1 (Semifinal)


Presbyterian 5, Carson-Newman 0
Presbyterian -- 2006 Men's Tennis Champions KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The Presbyterian Blue Hose captured their third consecutive Food Lion South Atlantic Conference (SAC) men's tennis tournament championship as they defeated Carson-Newman 5-0 in the finals Friday afternoon.

The Blue Hose, who have now won six tournament titles since 1998, took an early 3-0 lead by sweeping all of the doubles matches played against the Eagles. They completed the sweep by winning at number three and six singles.

The Blue Hose improve to 14-6 on the season while the Eagles fall to 14-5.

Presbyterian 5, Carson-Newman 0
Doubles

1. Hector Rincon/Aaron Chapman (PC) def. Rafael Soares/Michael Swanson, 8-2
2. Kshitij Dwivedi/Nick Osborne (PC) def. Ricardo Gutierrez/Travis Bauguess, 8-1
3. Zach Glandler/Andrew Lee (PC) def. Giuseppe Schwarz/Preston Sneed
Singles
1. Rincon (PC) vs. Gutierrez (CN), DNF
2. Dwivedi (PC) vs. Soares (CN), DNF
3. Osborne (PC) def. Schwarz, 6-1, 6-3
4. Chapman (PC) vs. Swanson (CN), DNF
5. Lee (PC) vs. Sneed (CN), DNF
6. Patrick Fediuk (PC) def. Bauguess, 6-2, 6-2


Carson-Newman 5, Tusculum 1
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The Carson-Newman Eagles advanced to the finals of the Food Lion South Atlantic Conference (SAC) men's tennis tournament with a 5-1 win over Tusculum Friday afternoon.

The match between the Eagles and Pioneers, which was moved to the Knoxville Racquet Club due to inclement weather, saw the Eagles win two of three doubles matches and the top three singles matches. The win by C-N was the first over the Pioneers in four seasons.

Ricardo Gutierrez and Travis Bauguess won number two doubles and Giuseppe Schwartz and Preston Sneed was victorious at number three doubles. Gutierrez and Schwarz won at one and three singles, respectively, and Rafael Soares won the third and deciding set at number two singles.

The Eagles face Presbyterian in the finals.

Carson-Newman 5, Tusculum 1
Doubles

1. Carlos Garcia/Sergio Espinosa (TC) def. Rafael Soares/Michael Swanson, 8-1
2. Ricardo Gutierrez/Travis Bauguess (CN) def. Antonio Oliver/Leo Guaycurus, 8-5
3. Giuseppe Schwarz/Preston Sneed (CN) def. Julian Jacobs/Nic Janssen, 8-0
Singles
1. Gutierrez (CN) def. Espinosa, 6-4, 6-2
2. Soares (CN) def. Oliver, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
3. Schwarz (CN) def. Garcia, 6-4, 7-5


Presbyterian 5, Mars Hill 1
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The top-seeded Presbyterian Blue Hose advanced to the finals of the Food Lion South Atlantic Conference (SAC) men's tennis tournament with a 5-1 win over Mars Hill at the Knoxville Racquet Club Friday afternoon.

The Blue Hose picked up doubles victories from Hector Rincon/Aaron Chapman and Kshitij Dwivedi/Nick Osborne at one and two doubles and won three singles matches.

The Blue Hose will face Carson-Newman in the finals of the men's tournament Friday at 4:30 p.m.

Presbyterian 5, Mars Hill 1
Doubles

1. Hector Rincon/Aaron Chapman (PC) def. John Allen/Diego Rodriguez, 8-5
2. Kshitij Dwivedi/Nick Osborne (PC) def. Andrew Waldrup/Marco Castaneda, 8 -2
3. Oscar Gomez/Bobby Roddy (MH) def. Zach Glandler/Andrew Lee, 9-7
Singles
1. Rincon (PC) def. Rodriguez, 6-3, 6-3
2. Dwivedi (PC) def. Allen, 6-2, 4-6, 6-0
3. Osborne (PC) def. Gomez, 6-0, 6-1


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