Thursday, April 13, 2006

MACON, Ga. - The no. 2 Stetson men's tennis team knocked off no. 7 Lipscomb (8-11) on Thursday afternoon, 5-0. The Hatters advanced to tomorrow's A-Sun semifinals at the John Drew Smith Tennis Center.

Stetson (18-4) was paced by Serguei Boulanov, Mario Alberto Cayo and Birger Soiland as each registered a singles' and doubles' victory on the day. The Hatters went 3-0 in doubles' play and notched a record of 4-0 in singles.

Stetson will battle no. 3 Mercer at 10 a.m. on Friday.

Doubles
No. 1 Echtler/Boulanov (Stetson) def. Harris/Dav. Carrillo (Lipscomb) 8-3
No. 2 Jones/Bach (Stetson) def. West/Mizell (Lipscomb) 8-6
No. 3 Cayo/Soiland (Stetson) def. Jones/Sherman (Lipscomb) 9-7

Singles
No. 1 Marcus Echtler (Stetson) vs. Andrew Harris (Lipscomb) DNF
No. 2 Serguei Boulanov (Stetson) def. Mike Sherman (Lipscomb) 6-2, 6-2 No. 3 Joey Jones (Stetson) vs. Colten Jones (Lipscomb) DNF
No. 4 Mario Alberto Cayo (Stetson) def. Jeff West (Lipscomb) 6-2, 6-0
No. 5 Birger Soiland (Stetson) def. David Carrillo (Lipscomb) 6-2, 6-0
No. 6 Peter Dzuba (Stetson) def. Daniel Carillo (Lipscomb) 6-0, 7-5

Release courtesy of Mercer Athletic Communications