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Men's Tennis: No. 15 Rollins 8, No. 3 AASU 1

SAVANNAH, Ga. – No. 15-ranked Rollins College took advantage of an undermanned Armstrong Atlantic State men's tennis squad for a 8-1 victory on Saturday afternoon.

The Pirates could only get a win at No. 3 singles by Aref Jallali, who defeated the Tars' Grant Rowe,, 6-4, 7-5. AASU was playing without three of its top six singles players in the match and lost its second straight match. Rollins swept all three doubles points and did not drop a set in their five winning singles matches.

The match was the Pirates' final of the regular season. AASU awaits its NCAA Championship fate as regional pairings come out on Sunday, April 29, by the NCAA Committee.

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Men: Rollins 8, AASU 1

Singles
#1 – Matt Porter (RC) def. Stefan Wirtz (AASU) 6-1, 6-3
#2 – Goran Sterijovski (RC) def. Blaise Tribolet (AASU) 6-4, 6-3
#3 – Aref Jallali (AASU) def. Grant Rowe (RC) 6-4, 7-5
#4 – Jordi Hompes (RC) def. Dave Webley (AASU) 6-4, 7-5
#5 – John Forzpaniak (RC) def. James Nichols (AASU) 6-2, 6-2
#6 – Rip Rice (RC) def. John Stone (AASU) 6-0, 6-1

Doubles
#1 – Sterijovski/Hompes (RC) def. Wirtz/Webley (AASU) 8-6
#2 – Porter/Forzpaniak (RC) def. Jallali/Nichols (AASU) 8-5
#3 – Rowe/Matt Chatham (RC) def. Tribolet/Stone (AASU) 8-1

Records: AASU 18-6