ANDERSON, S.C. - Anderson's Loic Ambrose claimed a win on the singles' side, but the Trojan men's tennis team suffered a 6-1 loss at USC Upstate Wednesday afternoon.
Anderson (1-2) got off to a solid start as Stan Atema and Daniel Gonzalez teamed up to defeat Ramiro Blanco and Gonzalo Blanco, 8-5, at the No. 1 slot, but AU was unable to maintain the momentum, as the Trojans dropped the No. 2 and No. 3 spots.
Ambrose earned a 7-6, 7-5 win past the Spartans' Gianluca Paino
for AU's lone singles' win.
Anderson gets back in action quickly, as the Trojans play host to
Catawba Tuesday afternoon.
Tennis Match Results
Anderson vs USC Upstate
Feb 16, 2011 at Spartanburg, S.C.
USC Upstate 6, Anderson 1
Singles competition
1. Edgar Rodriguez (UPSTM) def. Stan Atema (AUM) 6-2, 6-1
2. Ramiro Blanco (UPSTM) def. Krystof Gulbinovic (AUM) 6-0, 6-0
3. Gonzalo Blanco (UPSTM) def. Ilya Zakharov (AUM) 6-0, 6-2
4. Matias Di Pasquale (UPSTM) def. Daniel Gonzalez (AUM) 6-4,
6-5
5. Marco Linconir (UPSTM) def. Trey Halbauer (AUM) 6-2, 6-0
6. Loic Ambrose (AUM) def. Gianluca Paino (UPSTM) 7-6, 7-5
Doubles competition
1. Stan Atema/Daniel Gonzalez (AUM) def. Ramiro Blanco/Gonzalo
Blanco (UPSTM) 8-5
2. Edgar Rodriguez/Matias Di Pasquale (UPSTM) def. Krystof
Gulbinovic/Ilya Zakharov (AUM) 8-5
3. Marco Linconir/Andres Sanchez (UPSTM) def. Loic Ambrose/Trey
Halbauer (AUM) 8-2
