Thursday, April 13, 2006

MACON, Ga. – The no. 3 Mercer men’s tennis squad defeated no. 6 Gardner-Webb, 4-0, on Thursday at the Atlantic Sun Championships. The Bears (13-10) struck early picking up the doubles’ point and closed out the Bulldogs (6-17) with three singles’ wins.

Mercer garnered singles’ victories at number two, three and five. At no. 2, Warren Woolfolk picked up where he left off all season, defeating Taylor Ferrier 6-1, 6-1. Mario Gil notched a win at no. 3 and Chapman Mitchell kept his solid rookie campaign going with a triumph at number five.

Mercer’s doubles’ tandems of Tobias Ohrstrom/Woolfolk and Gil/Mitchell also stayed hot with wins.

The Bears will face no. 2 seeded Stetson Friday at 10 a.m.

Doubles
No. 1 Ohrstrom/Woolfolk (Mercer) def. Veiga/Ferrier (GWU) 8-3
No. 2 Gil/Mitchell (Mercer) def. Clinard/Ellis (GWU) 8-4
No. 3 Starr/Ingram (Mercer) vs. Phillip/Vasques (GWU) DNF

Singles
No. 1 Tobias Ohrstrom (Mercer) vs. Roberto Vasques (GWU) DNF
No. 2 Warren Woolfolk (Mercer) def. Taylor Ferrier (GWU) 6-1, 6-1
No. 3 Mario Gil (Mercer) def. Brad Clinard (GWU) 6-0, 6-0
No. 4 Patrick Russo (Mercer) vs. Gabe Veiga (GWU) DNF
No. 5 Chapman Mitchell (Mercer) def. Kim Ellis (GWU) 6-2, 6-2
No. 6 Nathan Starr (Mercer) vs. Kern Phillip (GWU) DNF

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Post-Match Audio

Mercer Head Coach Nick Stutsman

General statement

on team's performance

Mercer senior Warren Woolfolk

on team's performance

on playing Stetson in Semifinals

Gardner-Webb Head Coach Mike Griffith

General statement

on senior Kern Phillip