Tennis takes out Bearcats, extends winning streaks
The GCSU men’s and women’s tennis teams each defeated Lander this past Wednesday, for the men’s second straight victory and the women’s third.
The men won 5-3, getting wins from senior Max Beliankou at third singles, sophomore Leo Bernardes at fifth singles, and swept the three doubles matches. The first doubles pair of freshman Jerome Leborgne and senior Loao Casagrande, the second doubles pair of Beliankou and senior Giovane Nucci, and the third doubles pair of Bernardes and freshman Johan Wadstein each earned victories.
The women got wins from senior Diane Danna at first singles, junior Bertille Lion at third singles, and Linda Mosa at fifth singles. In doubles, the Bobcats took all three, with wins from Danna and Lion at first doubles, freshmen Kayla Barksdale and Michelle Lingner at second doubles, and Mosa and sophomore Adriana Acuna at third doubles.
Both teams defeated SCAD this past Sunday at home; the men’s team winning 9-0 and women’s team 7-2.
Casagrande and Leborgne took first doubles, Beliankou and Nucci took second doubles and the Bobcats won third doubles by default.
“I expected to win because practicing every day pays off, so I didn’t expect for this match to be a difficult one for us,” Beliankou said.
At singles, Leborgne, Wadstein, Beliankou, and Nucci took the first four spots, and the Bobcats won fifth and sixth singles by default.
Head coach Steve Barsby said he didn’t expect this to be an easy match, even though they also defeated SCAD last year, 7-2.
The women’s team had wins at first and third doubles from the Danna/Lion and Acuna/Mosa pairs.
At singles, Danna, Barksdale, Lion, Mosa, and Acuna took the first, second, third, fifth and sixth slots respectively.
The women’s team also won last Friday against Pembroke Friday, 6-3, breaking a three-match losing streak.
The Bobcats got wins at first and third doubles from the Danna/Lion and Acuna/Mosa pairs and took four singles matches, the wins coming from Danna, Barksdale, Lion, and Mosa at first through fourth spots, respectively.
Posted by Gloria Reyes
on Apr 16 2010. Filed under Sports.
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