VALDOSTA, Ga. -- Barry University men's tennis team dropped its first match of the season Monday, falling to No. 8 Lander, 5-2, in the third match of its Spring Break trip.

The second-ranked Buccaneers used a different lineup, and failed to pick up a doubles point. Barry could not secure the necessary five wins in singles to remain unbeaten.
 

INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Lander 5, Lander 2
Records: Barry (6-1), Lander (8-2)
 

DOUBLES:

• Lander's David Korsten and Alex Regner beat Pierre Montrieul and Carlos Gomez, 8-5, at No. 1 doubles.
• Philippe Courtreau and Gabriel Courteau gave the Bearcats a 2-0 lead with an 8-4 win over Blake Bayldon and Filip Zupancic at No. 2 pairs.
• Eirik Groner and Ozan Cildir completed the doubles sweep for Lander with an 8-6 win over Fernando Tous and Vivien Versier at the No. 3 position.

SINGLES:

• Montrieul picked up the Buccaneers' first point when Korsten retired with Barry's No. 1 singles player leading 3-0 in the first set.
• Cildir beat Zupancic, 6-0, 6-4, at No. 4 to make it 4-2.
• Versier defeated Cronje, 6-3, 6-1, at No. 3 for the Bucs second point.
• Croner, the 33rd-ranked singles player in the country, handed Daniel Ventura a 6-3, 6-4 setback at No. 2 to seal the win.
• Barry's Flavio Matteoli was leading Gabriel Balestero, 7-6 (7-3), 2-0, at No. 5 singles when the match was decided.
• Tous traded sets with Tommaso Rossin, winning 6-1 and losing 6-3, before he trailed, 3-2, in the third set at No. 6 singles when the match ended.

NOTEWORTHY:

• It was the first time this season the Buccaneers were swept in doubles.
• Barry is 3-4 at No. 1 doubles. 
• Ventura was playing his second ranked opponent on the trip.
• Bayldon and Zupancic were paired together for the first time this season.

ON THE HORIZON:

The Bucs host NCAA Division I Georgetown Thursday at 12 p.m.

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