Tennis teams drop matches to powerhouse Armstrong
The Georgia College tennis teams continued their season on the road last weekend in Savannah where both teams suffered their first losses. The Bobcats traveled to play the Savannah College of Art & Design Bees on Feb. 18, and the Armstrong Atlantic Pirates on Feb. 20.
The No. 12 men’s team conquered with a 9-0 victory over SCAD on Feb. 18 to maintain their undefeated status and seven-game winning streak until two days later. The Bobcats jumped to a 3-0 lead after the doubles competition and easily swept the singles portion of the competition.
gcsunade | gcsunade.comSophomore Kayla Barksdale had a singles win against SCAD on Feb. 18, as the team fell 6-3. The women’s team is 2-2, and the men are 3-1.
“Friday we played well. We were the better team. All the guys stepped up and we didn’t give them a chance to come into the game,” Wadstein said.
Head Coach Steve Barsby said the guys played solid on Friday, but that Sunday was a different story.
The match against Armstrong on Feb. 20 ended with a shutout loss, their first of the season and also their first loss in the Peach Belt Conference. Falling behind 3-0 after the doubles competition, the Bobcats could not return after the singles competition.
Rausch suffered his first loss of the season in the singles competition, and sophomore Wictor Andersson took the only set of the match.
“We played real young and they played real experienced,” Barsby said. “The first two or three games of doubles we were there, we were battling. Then it just faded away.”
Wadstein also acknowledged what happened on Sunday to end their winning streak.
“Sunday we played the No. 3 team and we didn’t step up. We got a little intimidated,” Wadstein said. “They were in our face and we let them push us around.”
The No. 30 women’s team started the weekend with a 6-3 loss against SCAD on Feb. 18—also their first of the season.
The Bobcats lost the doubles portion of the battle 2-1 and only managed to take two of the singles matches.
Sophomore Kayla Barksdale earned the first singles win for Georgia College, and freshman Lisa Seyton followed with her fourth win of the season.
“I think we played well. I was kind of sad about the loss against SCAD, but I think we played okay,” Seyton said.
The women’s second match of the weekend against Armstrong on Feb. 20 resulted in their first shutout loss, 9-0. The Bobcats lost the doubles portion of the battle 3-0, and their troubles continued with the singles portion, dropping every match to their opponents.
“We lost to Armstrong because we didn’t play that well,” Seyton said. “Armstrong was a really good team, but I think we have a good team too.”
Up next on the schedule, the teams will host No. 29 Augusta State University at home on Feb. 25 at 2 p.m.
Seyton hopes to earn a win against Augusta.
“I think we really need to win,” Seyton said of the upcoming game. “It means a lot to the team.”
Wadstein is confident about the upcoming match.
“It’s a big game. We beat them last year and there is a good chance we can beat them this year too,” Wadstein said.
Posted by Caitlin Renn
on Feb 28 2011. Filed under Sports.
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