ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The Eckerd College men's tennis team dropped a 5-0 decision to Rollins College on Thursday afternoon in quarterfinal action of the Sunshine State Conference Championships.
Rollins (15-4), seeded third in the event and ranked ninth nationally, swept the three doubles points before claiming wins at No. 4 and 6 singles.
No. 6 seed Eckerd (6-13) will face No. 7 Florida Tech in a noon consolation match on Friday.
#3 Rollins College 5, #6 Eckerd College 0
SINGLES
No. 1 Jeff Morris (RC) vs.
Ben Maxwell (EC) 6-3, 0-2, unfinished
No. 2 Arturo Baravalle (RC) vs.
Hisa Sato (EC) 6-3, 3-0, unfinished
No. 3 Sebastian Hafner (RC) vs.
Erik Thunberg (EC) 6-0, 3-0, unfinished
No. 5 Jason Alabaster (RC) vs.
Adam Hopkins (EC) 6-3, 2-2, unfinished
DOUBLES
No. 1 Morris/Baravalle (RC) def. Maxwell/Sato (EC) 8-3
No. 2 Alabaster/Nick Rowlands (RC) def. Hopkins/Randazzo (EC) 8-4
No. 3 Hafner/Yawalkar (RC) def. Thunberg/Kleefield (EC) 8-4