University of North Carolina Ashville Athletics
Men's Tennis Drops 5-2 Decision at Liberty
04.13.2008 | Men's Tennis
LYNCHBURG, VA. - UNC Asheville got singles wins from Mauricio Correa and Damien Snare but Liberty posted four singles wins and earned the doubles points to record a 5-2 Big South Conference men's college tennis win Saturday afternoon.
Correa easily won his match over Chad Simpson at the #1 flight, 6-4, 6-4. Snare, playing at #4, downed Rafael Riso, 6-3, 6-4. However, the Flames won three matches in three sets to earn the victory over the Bulldogs. Asheville's top doubles team of Joseph May and Correa won their match, 8-2 over Sebastian Pena and Riso.
The Bulldogs finish Big South play Sunday at Radford starting at 1 p.m. Asheville plays its final home match of the year against Brevard Monday afternoon at 2:30 p.m.
DOUBLES
1. Mauricio Correa/Joseph May (UNCA) d. Sebastian Pena/Rafael Riso (LU) 8-2
2. Jarda Trojan/Leandro Schujmann (LU) d. Tyler Begg/Nathan White (UNCA) 8-6
3. Chad Simpson/Juan Reyes (LU) d. Nicholas Thuell/Damien Snare (UNCA) 8-2
SINGLES
1. Mauricio Correa (UNCA) d. Chad Simpson (LU) 6-4, 6-4
2. Sebastian Pena (LU) d. Tyler Begg (UNCA) 6-2, 6-4
3. Jarda Trojan (LU) d. Joseph May (UNCA) 5-7, 7-6(2), 6-3
4. Damien Snare (UNCA) d. Rafael Riso (LU) 6-3, 6-4
5. Leandro Schujmann (LU) d. Nicholas Thuell (UNCA) 4-6, 7-5, 6-4
6. Juan Reyes (LU) d. Nathan White (UNCA) 2-6, 6-3, 6-0
