MOBILE, Ala. – The Spring Hill College men's tennis team opened their season with a 7-0 sweep over Tuskegee in the first game of the SIAC Round-Up at the Copeland-Cox (Mobile) Tennis Center on Thursday.
 
Phillip Bosman and Noah Eberhard completed a clean sweep in doubles action, winning 6-0. Paul-Phillip Kern and Tom Gutermann also got a clean sweep in doubles play. Charles Wallace and Hugo Blasco Granell won their doubles match, 6-1.
 
The sweep continued into singles, with the Badgers not dropping a point. Wallace and Kern earned clean sweeps, winning their matches 6-0.
 
Match Details
Date: Feb. 8
Time: 9 a.m.
Venue(Location): Copeland-Cox Tennis Center (Mobile, Ala.)
 
Results
Spring Hill 7, Tuskegee 0
Records: Spring Hill (1-0, 1-0 SIAC) , Tuskegee University (2-3, 1-1 SIAC)
 
Doubles:
1. Phillip Bosman/Noah Eberhard (SHC) def. Zamani Moyo/Keith Moultrie (TU) 6-0
2. Paul-Philipp Kern/Tom Gutermann (SHC) def. Eliyahu Pinkney/Torain Alleyne (TU) 6-0
3. Charles Wallace/Hugo Blasco Granell (SHC) def. Miles Shannon Wilson/Tyler Ladge (TU) 6-1
Order of finish: 3,1,2
 
Singles:
1. Phillip Bosman (SHC) def. Zamani Moyo (TU) 4-6, 6-0, 9-11
2. Tom Gutermann (SHC) def. Keith Moultrie (TU) 6-1, 6-0
3. Paul-Philip-Kern (SHC) def. Miles Shannon WIlson (TU) 6-0, 6-0
4. Charles Wallace (SHC) def. Torain Alleyne (TU) 6-0, 6-0
5. Noah Eberhard (SHC) def. Teryon Newbold-Hudso (TU) 6-2, 6-0
6. Hugo Blasco Granell (SHC) def. Ty'lon Miller (TU) 6-1, 6-0
 
Match Notes
- The Badgers continued their SIAC sweep streak, not giving up a single point in a match since April 1.
- Bosman, Eberhard and Blasco Granell made their debuts with the Badgers.
- The duo of Gutermann and Kern began conference play with a doubles sweep for the second year in a row.
- Kern opened SIAC singles play with a clean sweep for the second straight year and grew his conference win streak to 12 matches.
- Wallace added a 10^th match to his SIAC singles win streak that spans back to Feb. 24.
 
They said it
Head Coach John Dotson
On the match
"The men had an outstanding day, winning 7-0 against last season's SIAC runner up. Phillip Bosman had a close match winning 4-6, 6-0 11-9 in a third set tiebreaker. Tuskegee has certainly improved their team!"
 
Up Next
Spring Hill will continue hosting the SIAC Round-Up, with matches against Fort Valley State, Morehouse and Benedict on Friday.
 
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