MIAMI SHORES, Fla. – Barry's men's tennis team beat neighboring St. Thomas, 9-0, for the second straight week, claiming this matchup a day after rain postponed Wednesday's originally-scheduled match.
The Bobcats gave the Buccaneers fits in two of the three doubles matches before Barry eventually prevailed. Then after winning the first five singles matches in straight sets, Barry picked up the sweep when St. Thomas elected to retire in the final match to finish. Barry's Flavio Matteoli led Kevin Cubela, 6-3, 5-5, at the No. 1 position when Bobcats coach Bruce Carrington elected to stop the match. St. Thomas has matches scheduled for Friday and Saturday.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Barry 9, St. Thomas 0
Records: Barry 5-0, St. Thomas 1-4
SUMMARY:
- Martin Gutierrez and Ajdin Tahirovic pulled out an 8-6 win at No. 3 doubles to give the Bucs a 3-0 lead. Victor Ravier and Matteoli won 8-5 at No. 3 pairs. Daniel Ventura and Fernando Tous rolled to an 8-1 at No. 2 doubles.
- Ravier coasted to a 6-1, 6-1 win over Jermaine Le Grand at No. 2 singles. Tous defeated Dimitri Bird, 6-2, 6-0 at No. 4.
- Tahirovic cruised to a 6-1 win in the opening set with Jacobo Nieto at No. 5 singles before finding himself down, 3-0, in the second set. But Tahirovic stormed back to win the second set 6-4, cracking an ace for a winner to wrap it up.
- Ventura rolled over NAIA 46th-ranked Fabrice Bissainthe, 6-0, 6-1, at No. 3 singles. Gutierrez breezed to a 6-2, 6-1 win over Brandon Vilez at No. 6 singles.
NOTEWORTHY:
- Matteoli won his first No. 1 singles match in his two-year Bucs career.
- Tous was paired with his third different doubles partner of the season.
- Gutierrez picked up his first career collegiate doubles win.
- Barry coach George Samuel moved within four wins of his 500th career victory with the Buccaneers men's team.
ON THE HORIZON:
Barry will host No. 32 Rollins 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the Sunshine State Conference opener..
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