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Martin Gutierrez debut 2018
Joel Auerbach
Martin Gutierrez won both his singles and doubles matches in his season debut Tuesday.
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St. Thomas STUM18 (2-3)
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Winner Barry BARRY-M (3-0)
St. Thomas STUM18
(2-3)
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Final
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Barry BARRY-M
(3-0)
Winner

Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

Men's Tennis Beats Bobcats, 7-2

Bucs to host rival 11 a.m. Lynn Sunday

MIAMI SHORES, Fla. -- Head coach George Samuel sat outside the courts, surmising each of his players' matches. 

It was a day to soak it all up, evaluate and process. It is still young in the season -- eons away from the finish line in Samuel's mind. In terms of the grind, he's right. 

In some ways, Tuesday, his team had to grind to produce the 7-2 win over neighbor St. Thomas. Either way, it's another victory for the second-ranked Bucs. Now they can turn their attention towards Sunday's big match with their arch-rival.

 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Barry 7, St. Thomas 2
Records: Barry (3-0), St. Thomas 2-3
 

SUMMARY:

  • Barry made quick work in doubles, despite experiencing a little resistance at the No. 2 spot, where Filip Zupancic and Flavio Matteoli beat Rasmus Lindstrom and Francisco Velasquez, 8-4.
  • Vivien Versier and Blake Bayldon beat Kevin Cubela and Mauricio Fernandez, 8-2, at No. 1 doubles. Daniel Ventura and Martin Gutierrez rolled by Fabrice Bissainthe and Dimitri Bird, 8-1, at No. 3
  • Bayldon picked up the first win over the Bobcats in singles, beating Bissainthe, 6-0, 6-1, at the No. 4 position to put the Buccaneers ahead, 4-0. Versier clinched the team's victory with a 6-0, 6-0 sweep of Michelle Coletta at No. 6.
  • Matteoli was a 6-1, 6-0 winner over Fernandez at No. 5 singles. That put the Bucs up 6-Love. 
  • Then some of the resistance set in. Barry's Fernando Tous took an early lead on Lindstrom at No. 1 singles before the Bobcats top player battled back to tie the opening set at 4-4. Tous dropped the next game and defaulted. St. Thomas was on the board.
  • After Gutierrez, whose game has picked up this season, beat Velasquez, 7-5, 6-1, at No. 2 singles for the Bucs final win.
  • Zupancic fell in a match that nearly went to a third-set tiebreaker, 6-4, 7-6 (8-6), at No. 3 singles.

NOTEWORTHY:

  • Gutierrez was making his singles and doubles debut this season. 
  • Bayldon has won his five college matches. 
  • Matteoli and Versier picked up their team-leading third singles victories this season.

ON THE HORIZON:

Barry will host Lynn 11 a.m. Sunday.

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