February 16, 2007

TIGERVILLE, S.C.—Junior Gabriel Arraiz (Caracas, Venezuela) won the only match of the day for visiting St. Andrews Presbyterian College as North Greenville University posted an 8-1 NCAA Division II men’s tennis victory on Friday afternoon

The Crusaders won all three doubles matches and won the final five singles matches in straight sets to improve to 2-1 on the year while the Knights fell to 0-2.

Arraiz picked up his first win as SAPC at the top draw, sweeping Tomas Kurhajec by 6-4 and 6-3 scores.

St. Andrews will open up the Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference portion of their schedule on Sunday when they host Anderson University at 1:00 p.m.

MEN’S TENNIS :  North Greenville 8, St. Andrews Presbyterian College 1

Singles
#1  Gabriel Arraiz (SAPC) def. Tomas Kurhajec (NGU) 6-4, 6-3
#2  Rob Young (NGU)  def. Daniel Reuben (SAPC) 7-5, 6-2
#3  Gabriel Altmayer (NGU) def. Andres Centeno (SAPC) 6-1, 6-3
#4  William Ho (NGU) def. Cory Fleck (SAPC) 6-0, 6-2
#5  Juan Carlos Aguilera (NGU) def. Juan Carlos Arcila (SAPC) 6-3, 6-1
#6  Andy Hack (NGU) def. Andrew Roberts (SAPC) 6-4, 6-1

Doubles
#1  Ho/Altmayer (NGU) def. Arraiz/Centeno (SAPC) 8-3
#2  Kurhajec/Young (NGU) def. Fleck/Arcila (SAPC) 8-5
#3  Aguilera/Hack (NGU) def. Reuben/Roberts (SAPC) 8-6