VALDOSTA, Ga. – The Spring Hill College men's tennis team fell 4-0 to top-seeded Valdosta State in the NCAA South Regional opener at the VSU Tennis Complex on Friday.
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The No. 8-seeded Badgers (16-9) made their third-straight NCAA regional appearance against the Blazers (21-0).
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Hugo Blasco Granell kept things close in his singles match, dropping the first set 6-4 before holding a 2-1 lead in the second set. The game went unfinished as Valdosta State clinched the match point.
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Results
Doubles
1. #5 Takeshi Taco/Xaveam Van Wijk (VSU) vs.
Tom Gutermann/
Hugo Blasco Granell (SHC) 4-1, unfinished
2. #8 Arthur Bord/Edgar Destouet (VSU) def.
Philip Bosman/
Will Huckell (SHC) 6-2
3. Jan Skerbatis/Boruch Skierkier (VSU) def.
Matthew Pirie/
Luke Tucker (SHC) 6-0
Order of finish: 3,2
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Singles
1. #2 Takeshi Taco (VSU) def.
Tom Gutermann (SHC) 6-1, 6-4
2. #3 Boruch Skierkier (VSU) vs.
Philip Bosman (SHC) 6-1, 5-2, unfinished
3. #20 Edgar Destouet (VSU) def.
Luke Tucker (SHC) 6-0, 6-2
4. Jerome Iaconi (VSU) def.
Tom Ruel (SHC) 6-1, 6-1
5. Jan Skerbatis (VSU) vs.
Hugo Blasco Granell (SHC) 6-4, 1-2, unfinished
6. Julien Doitteau (VSU) vs.
Will Huckell (SHC) 6-0, 4-2, unfinished
Order of finish: 3,4,1
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