Box Score COLUMBIA, Ky. – Moving the matchups up a day because of bad weather in the forecast, the No. 16 William Woods University men's tennis team was defeated by No. 4 Lindsey Wilson College, 5-4. After starting the match at 6 p.m. ET, the winning point was clichéd at 1 a.m. ET.
Lindsey Wilson came out swinging as they scored the first point of the match by taking No. 1 doubles, but the Owls rebounded as No 3 doubles of
David Barbieri and
Marcos Vinicius Prates Constantino got the Owls first point and
Christopher Vleeming Ortiz and
Christian Barbieri put the Owls ahead 2-1 after doubles. Full double results found here:
1.Denis Porcic and Tomas Depiaggio def.
Johnnie Carmichael and
Oscar Barreiro, 8-4
2.
Christopher Vleeming Ortiz and
Christian Barbieri def. Javier Raya and Filip Persson, 9-7
3.
David Barbieri and
Marcos Vinicius Prates Constantino def. Cobi Ho and Ivan Solans Diaz, 8-3
The lead would trade hands multiple times during singles play. Lindsey Wilson would strike first taking No. 2 and No. 1 singles taking a 3-2 lead over the Owls. William Woods answered right back as they tied the match at 3-3 when
Johnnie Carmichael took No. 3 singles. WWU took the lead 4-3 later when
Oscar Barreiro took No. 4 singles. However, the 4-3 lead would be the last as the Blue Raiders came back and took No. 5 and No. 6 singles to clinch the match. Single results are found below:
1.Denis Porcic def.
Christopher Vleeming Ortiz, 6-3, 6-2
2.Ivan Solans Diaz def.
Christian Barbieri, 6-0, 6-4
3.
Johnnie Carmichael def. Tomas Depiaggio, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
4.
Oscar Barreiro def. Filip Persson, 0-6, 6-2, 6-4
5.Cobi Ho def.
Juan Avellaneda, 6-3, 6-1
6.Javier Raya def.
David Barbieri, 7-5, 6-4
William Woods returns to action on Wednesday March 8th when they take on No. 21 Middle Georgia State University in Cochran, Georgia