Troy University Athletics
Troy Falls to South Carolina
1/17/2009 6:00:00 AM | Tennis
COLUMBIA, SC - The Troy men's tennis program dropped their season-opening match on the road to 52nd-ranked South Carolina 7-0 Saturday afternoon.
Benjamin Chomette put up a fight at number three singles, falling in three sets to South Carolina's Ivan Machado 6-1, 5-7, 6-1.
In other singles action, Branko Weber fell to South Carolina's Diego Cubas 6-2, 6-2; while Aurelien Tave fell to South Carolina's Aurelien Tave 7-6 (3), 6-3. At the number four spot, Mario Silva fell to South Carolina's Johannes Pulsfort 6-4, 6-3; while Xavier Masson fell to Ivan Cressoni 6-2, 6-1 and Guilherme Sahadi fell to South Carolina's David Wolf 6-2, 6-1.
In double action, the team of Weber and Masson fell to Cubs and Machado; while the team of Tave and Chomette fell to Joe Veeder and Campos at number two by idential 8-3 scores. At number three doubles, Maucher and Silva fell to Cressoni and Wolff 8-6.
The Trojans return to action next Saturday on the road against the University of Alabama. Match time is set for 10 am in Tuscaloosa.
Troy (0-1) at (52) South Carolina (2-0)
Doubles
1. Diego Cubas/ Ivan Machado (SC) def. Branko Weber/ Xavier Masson (Troy) 8-3
2. Joe Veeder/ Pedro Campos def. Aurelien Tave/ Benjamin Chomette (Troy) 8-3
3. Ivan Cressoni/ David Wolff def. Bastian Maucher/ Mario Silva (Troy) 8-6
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3
Singles
1. Diego Cubas (SC) def. Branko Weber (Troy) 6-2, 6-2
2. Pedro Campos (SC) def. Aurelien Tave (Troy) 7-6 (3), 6-3
3. Ivan Machado (SC) def. Benjamin Chomette (Troy) 6-1, 5-7, 6-1
4. Johannes Pulsfort (SC) def. Mario Silva (Troy) 6-4, 6-3
5. Ivan Cressoni (SC) def. Xavier Masson (Troy) 6-2, 6-1
6. David Wolf (SC) def. Guilherme Sahadhi (Troy) 6-2, 6-1
Order of finish: 1, 4, 2, 3, 5, 6
