No. 43 Gamecocks Route Bulldogs, 7-0, in Non-conference Action
February 28, 2009 | Men's Tennis
The 43rd ranked South Carolina Gamecocks defeated the
Gardner-Webb men's tennis team, 7-0, in non-conference action on
Saturday afternoon. The Bulldogs fall to 1-10 on the year, 1-8
against non-conference foes.
Gardner-Webb fell behind early, as the Bulldogs dropped all three
doubles matches to the Gamecocks. The closest match came at the
No. 1 position where GWU's Evgeny Slesarev and Rafael Altmayer
teamed up for the ‘Dogs. The duo dropped several games early
and were unable to make a comeback, falling 8-5.
The Bulldogs were also swept in singles, but two matches did get
pushed to three sets against the Gamecocks. GWU's Carlos Quijano
won his first set 7-6 (7-4) at the No. 5 position, but USC's David
Wolff rebounded in the second with a 6-4 win and took the match
with a 10-3 win in the third set tiebreaker.
Altmayer also went three sets with USC's Johannes Pulsfort by
taking the second set 6-3. He too fell in a third set tiebreaker,
10-7.
The men will not play again until Tuesday, March 3, where they will
host ex-A-Sun rival Campbell at 2:30 pm.
No. 43 South Carolina 7, Gardner-Webb 0
Doubles: (Order of Finish: 2, 3, 1)
1. Pedro Campos/Ivan Cressoni (SC) def. Evgeny Slesarev/Rafael
Altmayer
(GW)
8-5
2. Jaime Cuellar/Johannes Pulsfort (SC) def. Carlos Quijano/Jamie
Lawlor
(GW) 8-1
3. Joe Veeder/Chris Sheehan (SC) def. Ryan Bernthal/Andrew Veeder
(GW)
8-3
Singles: (Order of Finish: 4, 1, 2, 3, 6, 5)
1. Pedro Campos (SC) def. Evgeny Slesrev (GW) 6-1, 6-1
2. Jaime Cuellar (SC) def. Andrew Veeder (GW) 6-4, 6-2
3. Johannes Pulsfort (SC) def. Rafael Altmayer (GW) 6-3, 3-6, 1-0
(7)
4. Ivan Cressoni (SC) def. Jamie Lawlor (GW) 6-0, 6-1
5. David Wolff (SC) def. Carlos Quijano (GW) 6-7 (4), 6-4, 1-0
(3)
6. Chris Sheehan (SC) def. Ryan Bernthal (GW) 6-1, 7-5
