Mount Olive tennis spilts matches

By News-Argus Staff
Published in Sports on February 5, 2007 2:18 PM

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Nationally 38th-ranked Mount Olive defeated Methodist 8-1 and fell to Division I Coastal Carolina 7-0 as the Trojans opened their 2007 spring men's tennis season Saturday at Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Junior Guillherme posted a straight set win against Methodist at No. 1 singles and four Trojans picked up their first singles and doubles wins for Mount Olive (1-1).

Mount Olive returns to action Tuesday as the Trojans travel up the road to Wilson to take on Barton in men's and women's tennis action. The matches will not count towards the Carolinas-Virginia Athletics Conference standings. Match time is 3 p.m.

Coastal Carolina 7, Mount Olive 0

Singles

1. Simon Taylor (COASTAL) def. Guilherme Serra (MOC) 6-3, 6-2

2. David Mellis (COASTAL) def. Vitor Lage (MOC) 6-2, 6-2

3. Elliott Quibell (COASTAL) def. Indradeep Mitra (MOC) 6-2, 6-1

4. Joseph Withers (COASTAL) def. Bevan Hewett (MOC) 6-2, 6-3

5. Richard Redding (COASTAL) def. Richard Maclachlan (MOC) 6-2, 6-0

6. Andy Caress (COASTAL) def. Frederico Barros (MOC) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles

1. Simon Taylor/Andy Caress (COASTAL) def. Guilherme Serra/Indradeep Mitra (MOC) 8-3

2. Elliott Quibell/David Mellis (COASTAL) def. Vitor Lage/Bevan Hewett (MOC) 8-3

3. Plamen Tzvetkov/Richard Redding (COASTAL) def. Richard Maclachlan/Frederico Barros (MOC) 8-0

Mount Olive 8, Methodist 1

Singles

1. Guilherme Serra (MOC) def. Chris Fletcher (METH)

2. Vitor Lage (MOC) def. Mike Layton (METH)

3. Indradeep Mitra (MOC) def. David Hardy (METH)

4. Andrew Freeman (METH) def. Bevan Hewett (MOC)

5. Richard Maclachlan (MOC) def. Louis Cisti (METH)

6. Frederico Barros def. Matthew Siegel (METH)

Doubles

1. Guilherme Serra/Indradeep Mitra (MOC) def. Chris Fletcher/Mike Layton (METH)

2. Vitor Lage/Bevan Hewett (MOC) def. David Hardy/Andrew Freeman (METH)

3. Richard Maclachlan/Frederico Barros (MOC) def. Andrew Fletcher/Louis Cisti (METH)