Friday, April 20, 2007

Johnson City, Tenn. - The No. 6 seed Belmont Bruins because the first lower seed to win at the Atlantic Sun Championships ousting No. 3 seed Campbell 4-1.

Campbell won the No. 3 doubles match 8-1, but the Bruins won the doubles point by winning the other two matches 8-5 and 8-1. The Fighting Camels singles win came courtesy of No. 6 singles player Sebastian Thesleff. Thesleff beat Zach Zola 6-2, 6-2. Belmont's No. 2 singles, Javier Rodriguez defeated Marc Sifre 6-4, 6-1. Fausto Rocha collected a 6-1, 6-4 win over Campbell's Artoym Starkov at No. 3 singles. Belmont's Ignacio Gesto, playing No. 5 singles, clinched the Bruins victory with a 6-4, 0-6, 6-3 win over Viktor Taune of Campbell. The unfinished matches between Gabriel Delarue and Alex Gillott and Vasja Gorjup and Felipe Abreu were all in the third set.

Belmont advances to face No. 2 seed Stetson in Saturday's final match at 3:00 p.m.

Doubles
No. 1 Rocha/Rodriguez (Belmont) def. Delarue/Sifre (Campbell) - 8-5
No. 2 Gesto/Gillott (Belmont) def. Starkov/Gorjup (Campbell) - 8-1
No. 3 Thesleff/Darden (Campbell) def. Abreu/Zola (Belmont) - 8-1

Singles
No. 1 Gabriel Delarue (Campbell) vs. Alex Gillott (Belmont) - DNF
No. 2 Javier Rodriguez (Belmont) def. Marc Sifre (Campbell) - 6-4, 6-1
No. 3 Fausto Rocha (Belmont) def. Artoym Starkov (Campbell) - 6-1, 6-4
No 4 Vasja Gorjup (Campbell) vs. Felipe Abreu (Belmont) - DNF
No 5 Ignacio Gesto (Belmont) def. Viktor Taune (Campbell) - 6-4, 0-6, 6-3
No 6 Sebastian Thesleff (Campbell) def. Zach Zola (Belmont) - 6-2, 6-2