February 16, 2006

LAURINBURG, NC—The St. Andrews Presbyterian College men’s tennis team opened up the 2006 season with a tough task against No. 23 nationally ranked Barton College. The Bulldogs prevailed with the 9-0 Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference victory on Thursday at the Scotland County Tennis Complex.

The Knights No. 1 doubles pair of sophomore Andres Centeno and freshman Ron Bryant had a great run against Bulldogs Brent Ching and Brandon Simmons, who are ranked the No. 15 nationally, before falling 8-5. The Barton tandem of Nikola Andjelic and Matthew Jackman defeated Daniel Reuben and Cory Fleck, 8-3, at No. 2 doubles while Robert Jenner and Adrian Baluyot disposed of Juan Carlos Arcila and Juan Pablo Burgos, 8-0, to sweep the doubles matches.

In the singles matches, the Bulldogs won every set in route to the shutout. Barton improved to 3-1 overall (3-0 against Division II) and 1-0 in the CVAC while SAPC starts the year 0-1.

The Knights visit CVAC rival Mount Olive on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. while the Bulldogs entertain CVAC foe Limestone next Friday at 4:00 p.m.

MEN’S TENNIS :  #23 Barton 9,  St. Andrews 0

Singles
#1  Robert Jenner (BC) def. Daniel Reuben (SAPC) 6-2, 6-2
#2  Nikola Andjelic (BC)  def. Andres Centeno (SAPC) 6-1, 6-1
#3  Matthew Jackman (BC) def. Ron Bryant (SAPC) 6-3, 6-2
#4  Jesper Soderblum (BC) def. Juan Carlos Arcila (SAPC) 6-0, 6-0
#5  Scott Reddick (BC) def. Juan Pablo Burgos (SAPC) 6-1, 6-0
#6  Declan Berndt (BC) def. Cory Fleck (SAPC) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles
#1  Brent Ching/Brandon Simmons (BC) def. Centeno/Bryant (SA) 8-5
#2  Andjelic/Jackman (BC) def. Reuben/Fleck (SA) 8-3
#3  Jenner/Adrian Baluyot (BC) def. Arcila/Burgos (SA) 8-0

RECORDS: Barton (4-1 overall; 1-0 CVAC), St. Andrews (0-1 overall; 0-1 CVAC)

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