VALDOSTA, Ga. -- The second-ranked Barry Buccaneers' superior singles lineup carried them to a 5-3 win over the fifth-ranked Valdosta State Blazers at the VSU Tennis Courts in Valdosta, Ga., on Sunday in men's tennis action.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: #2 Barry 5, #5 Valdosta State 3
Records: Barry (5-0), Valdosta State (5-2)
DOUBLES:
The Blazers took two of the three doubles.
- VSU's Fernando Rivas and Francisco Yim Kim took the early lead with an 8-4 win over Flavio Matteoli and Blake Bayldon at No. 2 doubles.
- The Blazer duo of Jordi Mas and Florian Simbozel handed an 8-6 loss to Pierre Montrieul and Carlos Gomez at No. 1 doubles.
- But Vivien Versier and Fernando Tous salvaged a point for the Bucs heading into singles with an 8-6 win over Axel Holm and Davis Stewart at the bottom flight.
SINGLES:
- Montrieul continued to roll in singles, knocking off 14th-ranked Mas in straight sets, 6-3, 7-6 (4) to even the match
- Daniel Ventura put the Bucs up with a 6-4, 6-4 win over Rives at No. 3 singles.
- Xavier Pineda knotted it back up at 3-3 with a 7-5, 7-5 win over Matteoli at No. 5.
- Eighth-ranked Gomez needed three sets again, but prevailed 6-2, 3-6, 6-4 over Simbozel at No. 2.
- Versier came through big again for the Bucs with a third set, tie-break win over 24th-ranked Yim Kim 6-3, 2-6, 7-6 (3)
- Filip Zupancic and Axel Holm were knotted 3-6, 7-6 (4), 4-4 at No. 6 when the match was halted.
NOTEWORTHY:
- Ventura, the last unbeaten Buccaneer in singles play this season, improved to 5-0.
- Versier came through with two huge points.
- Montrieul is 4-0 against ranked foes this season.
- The Bucs won at teh top four slots in the singles order.
ON THE HORIZON:
The Bucs take on the eighth-ranked Bearcats of Lander University on Monday.
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