Men's Tennis | 3/7/2019 6:27:00 PM
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. – The West Liberty University men's tennis team closed out its Spring Break trip to Hilton Head here Thursday with a 6-1 loss to Barton (N.C.).
Coach
Sam McCullough's Hilltoppers (1-4) found themselves in an early hole after narrowly missing out on the doubles point but couldn't get anything going against the Bulldogs (4-6) in singles play, coming up short in five of the six matches.
Maurits Smit turned in a pair of strong performances for the Black and Gold.
The lanky freshman from The Netherlands teamed with sophomore
Anton Schulz to post a convincing 6-2 win at No. 2 doubles. Barton took a 6-2 decision at No. 3 doubles and earned the doubles point by prevailing in a 7-6 tiebreaker at No. 1 doubles.
Smit provided West Liberty with its only point of the match with a come-from-behind victory at No. 5 singles. After taking a 6-3 loss in the opening set, he rallied to win the second set in a tiebreaker and then pulled away to a 10-5 nod in the finale.
The Hilltoppers open their Mountain East Conference slate at home on March 23 with a 1 p.m. match against Fairmont State.
MEN'S TENNIS
Barton 6, West Liberty 1
Singles
Diego Agudelo (BC) d.
Camilo Moncayo, 6-4 6-4
Rory Gaydon (BC) d.
Joris Gravoulet, 6-0 6-1
Oscar Marmestedt (BC) d.
Anton Schulz, 6-2 1-6 (10-5)
Alessandro Gerbino (BC) d.
Akira Kawabata, 6-4 6-2
Maurits Smit (WLU) d. James Kelly, 3-6 7-6 (10-6)
Hugh Ryder (BC) d.
Nash Morris, 6-2 6-1
Doubles
Agudelo/Marmestedt (BC) d. Moncayo/Gravoulet, 7-6
Schulz/Smit (WLU) d. Gaydon/Kelly, 6-2
Gerbino/Ryder (BC) d. Kawabata/Morris, 6-2
