WINTER PARK, Fla. - The Eckerd men's tennis team took a 6-1 loss at No. 16 Rollins College on Friday afternoon.
Will Stone and
Matt Spasic earned a win at No. 2 doubles outlasting Nicolo De Fraia and Frederick Danielson, 6-4, but the Tars won at No. 1 and No. 3 doubles by matcing 6-3 scores to take the doubles point.
Stone and Spasic improved to 12-4 on the season with their win.
Prakrut Patel jumped ahead of Ziad Melhaoui at No. 4 singles, 3-0, before Melhaoui retired to give Patel his 10th singles win of the spring.
Rollins (14-5, 3-3 SSC) took the remaining singles matches in straight sets, though Stone and Guillermo Nicolas contested in a close battle at No. 2 with Nicolas holding on for a 6-4 win in the first set and a 7-6 (7-4) win in the second set.
Eckerd (8-8, 0-7 SSC) travels to face No. 1 Barry University on Saturday for the final match of the regular season.
Doubles competition
1. Ziad Melhaoui/Daniel Ferl (RCM) def. Alasdair Know/
Prakrut Patel (ECM) 6-3
2.
Will Stone/
Matt Spasic (ECM) def. Nicolo De Fraia/Frederick Danielson (RCM) 6-4
3. Guillermo Nicolas/Atakan Gezer (RCM) def.
Sam Walker/Alejandro Vuconovic (ECM) 6-3
Singles competition
1. #13 Nicolo De Fraia (RCM) def.
Alasdair Knox (ECM) 6-3, 6-2
2. Guillermo Nicolas (RCM) def.
Will Stone (ECM) 6-4, 7-6 (7-4)
3. Atakan Gezer (RCM) def.
Matt Spasic (ECM) 6-2, 6-2
4.
Prakrut Patel (ECM) def. Ziad Melhaoui (RCM) 3-0, retired
5. Daniel Ferl (RCM) def.
Sam Walker (ECM) 6-3, 6-1
6. Frederick Danielson (RCM) def. Alejandro Vuconovic (ECM) 6-1, 6-0
