MIAMI SHORES, Fla. – The Eckerd College men's and women's tennis teams fell at Barry on Saturday in Sunshine State Conference action.
The men's squad fell 6-3 against the No. 2 Buccaneers, while the women dropped a 9-0 decision to the No. 4 Bucs.
The men took two of the three doubles matches, with Adam Hopkins and Dylan Randazzo winning at No. 2 doubles with an 8-4 victory over Sergio Velez and Romain Costamagna.
Erik Thunberg and Aaron Kleefield won a tiebreaker in No. 3 doubles to give the Tritons an early 2-1 lead. But the Bucs rallied to take five of the six singles matches, with Randazzo claiming the lone point at No. 6 singles due to a default.
On the women's side, Emmy Laing nearly took the first set of her match against No. 38 Caroline Wendling before falling 7-5, 6-1. BU (14-0, 5-0) remained perfect for the spring season.
Both teams will play at Palm Beach Atlantic on Sunday beginning at 1 p.m.
MEN'S RESULTS
#2 Barry 6, Eckerd College 3
SINGLES
No. 1 Quentin Vachez (BU) def. Ben Maxwell (EC) 6-3, 6-1
No. 2 Sergio Velez (BU) def. Hisa Sato (EC) 6-2, 6-3
DOUBLES
No. 1 Vachez/Marco Mokrzycki (BU) def. Maxwell/Sato (EC) 8-6
No. 2 Hopkins/Randazzo (EC) def. Velez/Costamagna (BU) 8-4
No. 3 Thunberg/Kleefield (EC) def. Raagaard/Mittag (BU) 9-8 (5)
WOMEN'S RESULTS
#4 Barry 9, Eckerd College 0
SINGLES
No. 1 Caroline Wendling (BU) def. Emmy Laing (EC) 7-5, 6-1
No. 5 Akemi Maehama (BU) def. Hanna Segal (EC) 6-0, 6-0
DOUBLES
No. 1 Barbi Pocza/Angie Werschel (BU) def. Laing/Teets (EC) 8-0
No. 2 Olivia Matuszak/Julie Stas (BU) def. Jenks/Buelow (EC) 8-2
No. 3 Maehama/Vargas (BU) def. Segal/Ludwig (EC) 8-0
