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Hawks Tennis beats Tennessee Wesleyan, 8-1
By Blair Hooper
ROME – The No. 10 Shorter University men's tennis team left Tennessee Wesleyan College with their fourth victory of the season on Saturday afternoon by taking the Bulldogs in an 8-1 finish while on the road.
Singles players held to tight leads during the match with junior Colt Kelley coming back from a close first set victory of 7-5 to overcome opponent, Neal Baldwin in a seamless second set of 6-0.
No. 3 doubles pair, Romain Lefevre and Arturo Lifshitz, also gave an unblemished performance taking Bulldogs Neal Baldwin and Nathan Storms in an 8-0 victory.
The Hawks next take the court on Feb. 28 when they host Georgia Southwestern. Match time is set for 2:30 pm.
#10 SHORTER 8, TENNESSEE WESLEYAN 1
Doubles:
1: Bartos Micher / David Escobosa (TWC) def. Guillaume Ledrap / Grayson Jones (SU), 9-7
2: Florain Etienne / Romain Ferriera (SU) def. Tanner Stancil / Rodney Pineros (TWC) 8-3
3: Romain Lefevre / Arturo Lifshitz (SU) def. Neal Baldwin / Nathan Storms (TWC), 8-0
Singles:
1: Guillaume Ledrap (SU) def. Bartos Micher (TWC), 6-0, 6-2
2: Romain Lefevre (SU) def. Tanner Stancil (TWC), 6-3, 6-3
3: Romain Ferriera (SU) def. David Escobosa (TWC), 6-2, 6-1
4: Colt Kelley (SU) def. Neal Baldwin (TWC), 7-5, 6-0
5: Arturo Lifshitz (SU) def. Rodney Pineros(TWC), 6-2, 6-1
6: Cody Carr (SU) def. Nathan Storms (TWC), 6-1, 6-1
