Friday, April 20, 2007

Johnson City, Tenn. - No. 1 seed ETSU kicked off the Atlantic Sun Men's Tennis Championships with a 4-0 victory over No. 8 seed Lipscomb. The bucs made quick work of the Bisons, not losing one game in singles play. ETSU's doubles teams won 8-3 and 8-1 to win the doubles point.

ETSU advances to play the winner of No. 4 Gardner-Webb and No. 5 Jacksonville. The No. 1 seed Buccaneers lost to fourth-seeded Belmont in last year's championship.

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Doubles
No. 1 Ahlgren/Sandlant (ETSU) vs. Carillo/Hangstefer (Lipscomb) - DNF

No. 2 Olivares/Serrano (ETSU) def. Sherman/Jones (Lipscomb) - 8-3
No. 3 Isaza/Picardo (ETSU) def. Mizell/Carrillo (Lipscomb) - 8-1

Singles
No. 1 Predrag Burmazovic (ETSU) vs. Mike Sherman (Lip) - DNF
No. 2 Enrique Olivares (ETSU) def. Jeff West (Lip) - 6-0, 6-0
No. 3 Felix Insaurralde (ETSU) def. David Carillo (Lip) - 6-0, 6-0
No 4 Sebastian Serrano (ETSU) vs. Daniel Hangstefer (Lip) - DNF
No 5 Lisandro Picardo (ETSU) def. Josh Cummings (Lip) - 6-0, 6-0
No 6 Alex Ahlgren (ETSU) vs. Colten Jones (Lip) - DNF