February 10, 2007

SALISBURY, N.C.—St. Andrews Presbyterian College almost pulled out wins at No. 3 and 4 singles, falling in third-set super tie-breakers, as host Catawba College swept the Knights in their season-opener 9-0 in men’s tennis action on Saturday afternoon at the Johnson Tennis Center.

The Tribe swept all three doubles matches and won all but two sets in singles to improve to 7-1 overall. St. Andrews starts 2007 at 0-1.

Junior Andres Centeno (Porto Viejo, Ecuador) just missed giving St. Andrews a point at No. 3, falling late in the tie-breaker (2-6, 7-6, 9-11). Senior Cory Fleck (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada) also lost in a third-set super tie-breaker (3-6, 6-4, 7-10).

The Knights will next visit North Greenville University (Tigerville, S.C.) on Friday at 4:00 p.m.

MEN’S TENNIS :  Catawba 9,  St. Andrews Presbyterian College 0

Singles
#1  Jose Velazquez (C) def. Gabriel Arraiz (SAPC) 6-1, 6-0
#2  Sean Soltan (C)  def. Daniel Reuben (SAPC) 6-3, 6-3
#3  Fernando Aguiar (C) def. Andres Centeno (SAPC) 6-2, 6-7, 11-9
#4  Hector Bousoulas (C) def. Cory Fleck (SAPC) 6-3, 4-6, 10-7
#5  Cyle Petersen (C) def. Juan Carlos Arcila (SAPC) 6-4, 6-0
#6  Drew Ramsey (C) def. Andrew Roberts (SAPC) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles
#1  Velazquez/Ramsey (C) def. Arraiz/Centeno (SAPC) 8-6
#2  Soltan/Aguiar (C) def. Fleck/Arcila (SAPC) 8-4
#3  Bousoulas/Petersen (C) def. Reuben/Roberts (SAPC) 8-1