No. 1 Barry Hands Eckerd Men 8-1 Loss

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Eckerd men's tennis team fell to No. 1 Barry University on Sunday at the Bullard Courts, 8-1.

Will Stone and Matt Spasic earned Eckerd's lone point in doubles play with an 8-3 win over Blake Bayldon and Flavio Matteoli in the No. 2 position.

The Bucs (13-2, 5-1 SSC) won the remaining two doubles contests, 8-0, for a 2-1 lead heading into singles.  Barry then swept all six singles matches.

Alasdair Knox put up a fight against Matias Larregina at No. 1 singles, extending the second set before falling, 6-4.  Larregina took the first set, 6-2.

The Tritons (4-7, 0-5 SSC) face another top-five opponent on Tuesday, traveling to Boca Raton to take on No. 3 Lynn.
 

Doubles competition

1. #48 Fernando Tous/Filip Zupancic (BARRY-M) def. Alasdair Knox/Connor Masella (ECM) 8-0

2. Matt Spasic/Will Stone (ECM) def. Blake Bayldon/Flavio Matteoli (BARRY-M) 8-3

3. Matias Larregina/Martin Gutierrez (BARRY-M) def. Robert Vazquez/Alejandro Vuconovic (ECM) 8-0

 

Singles competition

1. Matias Larregina (BARRY-M) def. Alasdair Knox (ECM) 6-2, 6-4

2. Vivien Versier (BARRY-M) def. Will Stone (ECM) 6-1, 6-2

3. Filip Zupancic (BARRY-M) def. Matt Spasic (ECM) 6-1, 6-1

4. Flavio Matteoli (BARRY-M) def. Robert Vazquez (ECM) 6-1, 6-0

5. Martin Gutierrez (BARRY-M) def. Connor Masella (ECM) 6-1, 6-2

6. Fernando Tous (BARRY-M) def. Alejandro Vuconovic (ECM) 6-1, 6-0