Men's Tennis | 2/20/2004 7:20:00 PM
Box Score MIAMI SHORES, Fla.—The Barry Buccaneers flew past the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles 5-2 at the Buccaneer Tennis Center in men's action on Friday.
The Bucs narrowly missed sweeping the doubles when Gulf Coast's Franco Mata and Richard Stempnowski rallied for a 9-8 win at number three. Gerold Wiring and Filip Norrman knocked off the Eagles' Jose Pastrello and Wolfgang Pinther 8-3 at the top flight and
Thomas Hipp and Dirk Benninghaus topped Nestor Nunez and Seth Fogelman by the same score.
In singles, Barry's Hipp played a rematch of the ITA Regional final with Stempnowski and avenged his earlier defeat with a convincing 6-1, 6-4 win. At number two singles, Sebastian Losavio, ranked 43rd in the ITA national poll, upset 20th-ranked Nestor Nunez 6-4, 6-4. Wiring put the clincher on the match with a 7-6, 6-0 win at number three over Pastrello.
Fogelman provided the Eagles their only singles point, defeating Benninghaus 6-3, 6-3. The other two singles matches were halted after splitting the first two sets.
Barry improves to 3-0 on the season, while Florida Gulf Coast falls to 2-2.
Tennis Match Results
Florida Gulf Coast vs Barry
Feb 20, 2004 at Miami Shores, Fla.
#5 Barry 5, #12 Florida Gulf Coast 2
Singles competition:
1. #10
Thomas Hipp (BUM) def. #7 Richard Stempnowski (FGCU) 6-1, 6-4
2. #43 Sebastian Losavio (BUM) def. #20 Nestor Nunez (FGCU) 6-4, 6-4
3. #36 Gerold Wiring (BUM) def. Jose Pastrello (FGCU) 7-6, 6-0
4. Victor Rodriguez (BUM) vs. Franco Mata (FGCU) 0-6, 7-6, unfinished
5. Seth Fogelman (FGCU) def. Dirk Benninghaus (BUM) 6-3, 6-3
6. Filip Norrman (BUM) vs. Yuri Mantilla (FGCU) 6-3, 3-6, 0-4, unfinished
Doubles competition:
1. Gerold Wiring/Filip Norrman (BUM) def. Jose Pastrello/Wolfgang Pinther (FGCU) 8-3
2.
Thomas Hipp/Dirk Benninghaus (BUM) def. Nestor Nunez/Seth Fogelman (FGCU) 8-3
3. Franco Mata/Richard Stempnowski (FGCU) def. Sebastian Losavio/Alex Praderas (BUM) 9-8
Match Notes:
Florida Gulf Coast 2-2; National ranking #12
Barry 3-0; National ranking #5
