Stone Wins Twice but Tritons Fall at Ave Maria

AVE MARIA, Fla. - The Eckerd men's tennis team got a pair of wins from Will Stone but fell at Ave Maria, 7-2, on Saturday afternoon in the final road match of the season.

Stone partnered with Matt Spasic for a narrow 8-6 victory at No. 1 doubles over Sebastian Ramirez and David Zuleta.  However, the Gyrenes scored wins at No. 2 and 3 doubles to carry a 2-1 lead into singles play.

Stone came through again in No. 2 singles with a 6-2, 7-5 win over Zuleta.  Unfortunately for Eckerd, Ave Maria took the remaining five singles contests to complete the match victory.

Matt Spasic and Brian Schmidt split a pair of 6-4 decision in the first two sets of their match at No. 3 singles.  Schmidt went on to win the super tiebreaker, 10-3.

Alasdair Knox battled with Ramirez at No. 1 singles before falling short 6-4, 6-3.  Connor Masella nearly took the first set from Davin Hanton at No. 5 singles but lost a tiebreaker; Hanton went on to take the second set, 6-3.

The Tritons (4-10) return home on Wednesday to host No. 1 Saint Leo at 3:00 PM. 
 

Doubles competition

1. Will Stone/Matt Spasic (ECM) def. Sebastian Ramirez/David Zuleta (AMUMT) 8-6

2. Brandon Valley/Nicholas Hofmeister (AMUMT) def. Alasdair Knox/Connor Masella (ECM) 8-1

3. Cesar Menacho/Brian Schmidt (AMUMT) def. Alejandro Vuconovic/Charlton Ogg (ECM) 8-3

 

Singles competition

1. Sebastian Ramirez (AMUMT) def. Alasdair Knox (ECM) 6-4, 6-3

2. Will Stone (ECM) def. David Zuleta (AMUMT) 6-2, 7-5

3. Brian Schmidt (AMUMT) def. Matt Spasic (ECM) 4-6, 6-4, 10-3

4. Nicholas Hofmeister (AMUMT) def. Charlton Ogg (ECM) 6-1, 6-1

5. Davin Hanton (AMUMT) def. Connor Masella (ECM) 7-6 (7-3), 6-3

6. Cesar Menacho (AMUMT) def. Robert Vazquez (ECM) 6-0, 6-3