Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

MOBILE, Ala. – The Spring Hill men's tennis team picked up a pair of victories on Day One of the SIAC Roundup, defeating Tuskegee 5-2 before following up with a 5-0 sweep of LeMoyne-Owen. The Roundup runs through Friday, with the Badgers playing two matches per day.
 
MATCH DETAILS
The Golden Tigers picked up the doubles point in the first match, but the Badgers went to work in singles action, with Filipe Grebenstov quickly picking up a victory in the first set to get Spring Hill on the board. Evan Patton followed with a 6-1, 6-3 win on Court 5 to give SHC a 2-1 lead, with Luke Bedwell's 6-4, 6-3 Court 4 victory adding to the Badgers' total.
 
Will Huckell came away with a 6-4, 6-3 win in the fourth flight to officially earn the clinching point, while Tom Ruel was credited with a win after his opponent retired on Court 3.
 
Spring Hill changed up the lineup for the nightcap but still managed to sweep doubles before earning a point by default in singles action to go up 2-0. Leonard Wendland made his collegiate debut with a 6-0, 6-0 win on Court 4, and Patton earned the clinch with another clean 6-0, 6-0 sweep on Court 2.
 
RESULTS VS. TUSKEGEE

• Doubles (1, 2, 3)
  1. Gutermann/Grebenstov (SHC) def. Thomu/Ladge (TU) 6-1  
  2. Wettey/Tapera (TU) def. Tucker/Huckell (SHC) 6-4
  3. Wright/Wilson (TU) def. Patton/Rios (SHC) 7-5

 

• Singles (1, 5, 4, 6, 3, 2)  
  1. Grebenstov (SHC) def. Ladge (TU) 6-2, 6-1
  2. Tapera (TU) def. Gutermann (SHC) 6-3, retirement
  3. Ruel (SHC) def. Thomu (TU) 7-6, retirement
  4. Bedwell (SHC) def. Wright (TU) 6-4, 6-3
  5. Patton (SHC) def. Miller (TU) 6-1, 6-3
  6. Huckell (SHC) def. Wettey (TU) 6-2, 2-6, 10-8

 
RESULTS VS. LEMOYNE-OWEN

• Doubles (3, 2)  
  1. Rios/Patton (SHC) def. Chirochierwa/Alexander (LO) 6-2
  2. Tucker/Wendland (SHC) def. Banda/Carter (LO) 6-1
  3. Bedwell/Cain (SHC) win by default

 

• Singles (6, 4, 2, 5)  
  1. Bedwell (SHC) vs. Chirochierwa (LO) unfinished
  2. Patton (SHC) def. Carter (LO) 6-0, 6-0
  3. Rios (SHC) vs. Mufute (LO) unfinished
  4. Wendland (SHC) def. Alexander (LO) 6-0, 6-0
  5. Cain (SHC) def. Banda (LO) 6-0, 6-0
  6. Gonzalves (SHC) win by default

UP NEXT  
The Badgers will continue the SIAC Roundup on Thursday, when they will face Benedict at 11:30 a.m. before looking to sweep Tuskegee at 4:30 p.m.
 
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ABOUT THE SOUTHERN INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (SIAC)
The SIAC is a NCAA athletic conference consisting primarily of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) with headquarters in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. The SIAC includes 15 member institutions (Albany State University, Allen University, Benedict College, Central State University, Clark Atlanta University, Edward Waters University, Fort Valley State University, Kentucky State University, Lane College, LeMoyne-Owen College, Miles College, Morehouse College, Savannah State University, Spring Hill College, and Tuskegee University), which are located within a contiguous seven-state footprint (Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, South Carolina, Tennessee and Ohio). The SIAC sponsors nine men's and seven women's sports and is a proud member of the NCAA Division II. For more information, visit www.thesiac.com.