ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, Fla. -- The top-seeded Barry Buccaneers rode rough-shod, 4-0, over the #16 Southern Arkansas Muleriders in the opening round of the 2019 NCAA Division II Men's Tennis National Championship.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
Final: Barry 4, Southern Arkansas 0
Records: #1 Barry (23-1), #16 Southern Arkansas (20-6)
SINGLES:
- Pierre Montrieul (Barry) vs. Stuart Rehfuss (SAU) 6-4, 3-4, unfinished
- Alejandro Ibañez Gallego (Barry) def. Yuri Gondouin (SAU) 6-1, 6-1
- Carlos Gomez (Barry) def. Marko Nicoliuk (SAU) 6-1, 6-3
- Daniel Ventura (Barry) vs. Alexandre Machaj (SAU) 6-2, 5-2, unfinished
- Blake Bayldon (Barry) def. Aleksandr Pokusaev (SAU) 6-2, 6-4
- Ignasi Forcano (Barry) vs. Raymond Marin Garcia (SAU) 4-6, 6-1, unfinished
DOUBLES:
- Montrieul/Bayldon (Barry) def. Rehfuss/Pokusaev (SAU) 6-1
- Ibañez Gallego/Filip Zupancic (Barry) vs. Machaj/Gustav Kerber (SAU) 5-2, unfinished
- Vivien Versier/Gomez (Barry) def. Nicoliuk/Gondouin (SAU) 6-3
NOTEWORTHY
- The win was the Bucs' 82nd in the tournament, extending their own NCAA Division II men's tennis record. In second place is West Florida with 72 wins.
ON THE HORIZON
The Bucs face ninth-seeded West Florida, who defeated #8 Cameron 4-0, in the National Quarterfinals on Wednesday.