{"id":20058,"date":"2013-03-15T23:32:27","date_gmt":"2013-03-16T03:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=20058"},"modified":"2013-03-15T23:32:28","modified_gmt":"2013-03-16T03:32:28","slug":"eagles-hand-lipscomb-6-1-defeat-to-open-a-sun-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2013\/03\/eagles-hand-lipscomb-6-1-defeat-to-open-a-sun-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles Hand Lipscomb 6-1 Defeat to Open A-Sun Play"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Coming off a 6-1 loss to No. 67 Miami last Saturday, the FGCU men\u2019s tennis team used a decisive 6-1 victory over Lipscomb, Thursday night at the FGCU Tennis Complex to open Atlantic Sun Conference action.<\/p>\n

The last three meetings with Lipscomb have been decided by a 4-3 margin, all going in favor for the Bison. The Eagles came out strong tonight; winning all three doubles matches to win the doubles point and won the first four singles matches.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was a great start to conference play and the guys played extremely well,\u201d said head coach\u00a0C.J. Weber.<\/strong>\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m proud of the guys, the doubles point really helped build our confidence and the team took that confidence into singles play.\u201d<\/p>\n

FGCU moves to .500 at 6-6 on the season as Lipscomb drops to 3-7 on the year.<\/p>\n

This marks the second-straight year the Green and Blue have won the opening match of conference play.<\/p>\n

In doubles, sophomore\u00a0Jordi Vives (Barcelona, Spain\/IES Ferran Tallada\/USC)\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<\/strong>junior\u00a0Dean Tsamas (Lexington, Ky.\/Henry Clay HS)\u00a0<\/strong>defeated Oliver Strecker and David Salazar, 8-2, in the No. 1 spot. In the No. 2 spot, the duo of s sophomore\u00a0Tianyu Bao (Tianjin, China\/Bayshore HS-FL)<\/strong>\u00a0and freshman\u00a0Dyaln Gunning (Baca Raton, Fla.\/Olympic Heights HS)\u00a0<\/strong>defeated Stuart Tierney and Miquel Cortez, 8-6. Junior\u00a0Lance Lvovsky (Dania, Fla.\/Broward Virtual School\/Jacksonville)<\/strong>\u00a0and senior\u00a0Jackson Moore (Bradenton, Fla.\/Lakewood Ranch HS\/Georgia State)<\/strong>\u00a0won the finals doubles match, as they defeated the team of Colby Shaw and Tanner Brown, 8-2, in the No. 3 spot.<\/p>\n

In singles, Lvovsky took the first singles point for FGCU when he defeated Brown in a decisive 6-1, 6-2 straight set. The Green and Blue picked up its second singles point when Vives defeated Strecker 6-0, 6-2 in the top spot of singles play.<\/p>\n

The Eagles picked up the match-clinching point when Moore defeated Tierney 6-4, 6-4 in straight sets. Bao rallied in the second set of his match to defeat Salazar 6-3, 7-6 (4). Tsamas went to the breaker to defeat Hernandez in the No. 3 spot, 6-4, 3-6, 10-8. Gunning picked up the only loss for FGCU on the night, being defeated by Cortez 6-4, 4-6, 10-4.<\/p>\n

As a team, the Green and Blue have gone a combined 17-5 over the last six matches.<\/p>\n

FGCU will be back in action Saturday, beginning with a 6 p.m. home match against Northern Kentucky.<\/p>\n

FGCU 1, Lipscomb\u00a0<\/strong>
\nSingles Results\u00a0<\/strong>
\nOrder of Finish:<\/strong>\u00a06, 1, 4, 2, 5, 3
\n1.\u00a0 Jordi Vives (FGCU) def. Oliver Strecker (Lipscomb) \u2013 6-2, 6-4
\n2. Tianyu Bao (FGCU) def. David Salazar (Lipscomb) \u2013 6-4, 7-6(4)
\n3. Dean Tsamas (FGCU) def. David Hernandez (Lipscomb) \u2013 6-1, 6-1
\n4. Jackson Moore (FGCU) def. Stuart Tierney (Lipscomb) –
\n5. Dylan Gunning (FGCU) def. Miguel Cortez (Lipscomb) \u2013 6-1, 6-1
\n6. Lance Lvovsky (FGCU) def. Tanner Brown (Lipscomb) \u2013 6-2, 3-6, 7-5<\/p>\n

Doubles Results\u00a0<\/strong>
\nOrder of Finish:<\/strong>\u00a01, 3, 2
\n1. Vives\/Tsamas (FGCU) def. Strecker\/Salazar (Lipscomb) \u2013 8-2
\n2. Bao\/Gunning (FGCU) def. Tierney\/Cortez (Lipscomb) \u2013 8-6
\n3. Moore\/Lvovsky (FGCU) def. Shaw\/Brown (Lipscomb) 8-2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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