No. 24 Sailfish Defeat Triton Men

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Returning to Sunshine State Conference play, the Triton men's tennis team was clipped by No. 24 Palm Beach Atlantic on Wednesday.

The Sailfish (11-6, 1-1 SSC) swept doubles play and put the match away with early singles wins in the No. 4 and 6 positions.

Eckerd's point came via a Matt Spasic singles victory.  Spasic took down Rodolfo Hasegawa in straight sets, 6-2 and 6-4, at No. 3 singles.

Connor Masella took Thomas Salmon to the wire in the first set in their No. 5 singles match before Salmon held on for a 7-5 win.

Spasic and Will Stone suffered only their third doubles loss of the season as Pato Zarazua and Pietro de Silva, the No. 35 doubles team in Division II, earned an 8-4 win.

Eckerd (4-6, 0-4 SSC) faces a tall task in its next match when the Tritons host No. 1 Barry University on Sunday at 10:00 AM.
 

Doubles competition

1. Philipp Hoffmann/Bernardo Ferreira (PBAM) def. Alasdair Knox/Connor Masella (ECM) 8-1

2. #35 Pato Zarazua/Pietro de Silva (PBAM) def. Will Stone/Matt Spasic (ECM) 8-4

3. Rodolfo Hasegawa/Thomas Salmon (PBAM) def. Robert Vazquez/Alejandro Vuconovic (ECM) 8-1

 

Singles competition

1. Pato Zarazua (PBAM) def. Alasdair Knox (ECM) 6-3, 6-1

2. Philipp Hoffmann (PBAM) def. Will Stone (ECM) 6-1, 6-1

3. Matt Spasic (ECM) def. Rodolfo Hasegawa (PBAM) 6-2, 6-4

4. Pietro de Silva (PBAM) def. Robert Vazquez (ECM) 6-0, 6-0

5. Thomas Salmon (PBAM) def. Connor Masella (ECM) 7-5, 6-1

6. Carlos Niemeyer (PBAM) def. Alejandro Vuconovic (ECM) 6-2, 6-0