Spring Hill men open Round-Up with wins over Tuskegee, LeMoyne-Owen

MOBILE, Ala. – The Spring Hill men's tennis team picked up a pair of victories on Day One of the SIAC Round-Up, defeating Tuskegee 5-2 before following up with a 5-0 sweep of LeMoyne-Owen. The Round-Up runs through Friday, with the Badgers playing two matches per day.   
 
Match Details:
The Golden Tigers picked up the doubles point in the first match, but the Badgers went to work in singles action, with Filipe Grebenstov quickly picking up a victory in the first set to get Spring Hill on the board. Evan Patton followed with a 6-1, 6-3 win on Court 5 to give SHC a 2-1 lead, with Luke Bedwell's 6-4, 6-3 Court 4 victory adding to the Badgers' total.
 
Will Huckell came away with a 6-4, 6-3 win in the fourth flight to officially earn the clinching point, while Tom Ruel was credited with a win after his opponent retired on Court 3.
 
Spring Hill changed up the lineup for the nightcap but still managed to sweep doubles before earning a point by default in singles action to go up 2-0. Leonard Wendland made his collegiate debut with a 6-0, 6-0 win on Court 4, and Patton earned the clinch with another clean 6-0, 6-0 sweep on Court 2.
 
Results vs. Tuskegee:

• Doubles (1, 2, 3)
  1. Gutermann/Grebenstov (SHC) def. Thomu/Ladge (TU) 6-1  
  2. Wettey/Tapera (TU) def. Tucker/Huckell (SHC) 6-4
  3. Wright/Wilson (TU) def. Patton/Rios (SHC) 7-5

 

• Singles (1, 5, 4, 6, 3, 2) 
  1. Grebenstov (SHC) def. Ladge (TU) 6-2, 6-1
  2. Tapera (TU) def. Gutermann (SHC) 6-3, retirement
  3. Ruel (SHC) def. Thomu (TU) 7-6, retirement
  4. Bedwell (SHC) def. Wright (TU) 6-4, 6-3
  5. Patton (SHC) def. Miller (TU) 6-1, 6-3
  6. Huckell (SHC) def. Wettey (TU) 6-2, 2-6, 10-8

 
Results vs. LeMoyne-Owen:

• Doubles (3, 2) 
  1. Rios/Patton (SHC) def. Chirochierwa/Alexander (LO) 6-2
  2. Tucker/Wendland (SHC) def. Banda/Carter (LO) 6-1
  3. Bedwell/Cain (SHC) win by default

 

• Singles (6, 4, 2, 5) 
  1. Bedwell (SHC) vs. Chirochierwa (LO) unfinished
  2. Patton (SHC) def. Carter (LO) 6-0, 6-0
  3. Rios (SHC) vs. Mufute (LO) unfinished
  4. Wendland (SHC) def. Alexander (LO) 6-0, 6-0
  5. Cain (SHC) def. Banda (LO) 6-0, 6-0
  6. Gonzalves (SHC) win by default

 
 
Up Next: 
The Badgers will continue the SIAC Round-Up on Thursday, when they will face Benedict at 11:30 a.m. before looking to sweep Tuskegee at 4:30 p.m.