FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 4-7-06

Men’s Tennis: No. 25 Presbyterian 5, No. 7 AASU 4

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CLINTON, S.C. – Presbyterian College swept all three doubles matches and senior Kshitij Dwivedi (New Delhi, India) picked up the match-clinching point at No. 2 singles as the No. 25 Blue Hose knocked off No. 7 Armstrong Atlantic State University 5-4 in men's tennis action Friday afternoon at the Templeton Courts. Presbyterian improves to 11-6 on the season, while Armstrong Atlantic drops to 13-6 on the year.

The Blue Hose took control of the match early by winning all three doubles matches. Senior Hector Rincon (London, England) and freshman Aaron Chapman (Perth, Australia) knocked off the No.22-ranked doubles team of sophomore Robert Jendelund (Huddinge, Sweden) and junior Taavo Roos (Savannah, Ga.) 8-4 at the top doubles flight. PC's senior duo of Dwivedi and Nick Osborne (Hutton Rudby, England) continued the trend with a 8-5 victory over freshman Paul Bishop (Whitwell, England) and senior David Secker (Hayes, England) at the No. 2 flight. PC sophomore Zach Glankler (Highland Village, Tex.), in his first match of the spring after coming back from surgery, teamed with freshman Andrew Lee (Myrtle Beach, S.C.) to defeat AASU's duo of freshman Christian Easton (Santiago, Chile) and sophomore Davor Zink (Santiago, Chile) 8-5 at No. 3 doubles.

In singles, Chapman made quick work of Secker at the No. 4 flight with a 6-3, 6-1 victory to push the lead to 4-0. AASU responded with Easton defeating PC freshman Pat Fediuk (Kimberley, Canada) 7-6. 6-3 at No. 6 and Zink (No. 8 nationally) defeated Rincon at the top flight, 6-3, 6-2 to cut the lead to 4-2. Dwivedi stepped up for the Blue Hose to win the deciding point at No. 2 singles with a 6-3, 6-3 upset victory over Bishop (No. 28 nationally). The Pirates secured wins at No. 5 as freshman Kevin Sijmons (Beligneux, France) defeated Lee 6-1, 6-2 and at No. 3 as Roos defeated Osborne 5-7, 7-5, 10-6.

The Blue Hose return to action on Thursday, April 13 with a road match versus Coker College at 2:00 pm, while the Pirates play at Lander University tomorrow at 11:00 am.

Men's Tennis: No. 25 Presbyterian 5, No. 7 AASU 4

Singles
1. #8 Davor Zink (AASU) def. Hector Rincon (PCM) 6-3, 6-2
2. Kshitij Dwivedi (PCM) def. #28 Paul Bishop (AASU) 6-3, 6-3
3. Taavo Roos (AASU) def. Nick Osborne (PCM) 5-7, 7-5, 10-6
4. Aaron Chapman (PCM) def. David Secker (AASU) 6-3, 6-1
5. Kevin Sijmons (AASU) def. Andrew Lee (PCM) 6-1, 6-2
6. Christian Easton (AASU) def. Patrick Fediuk (PCM) 7-6, 6-3

Doubles
1. Hector Rincon/Aaron Chapman (PCM) def. #22 Robert Jendelund/Taavo Roos (AASU) 8-4
2. Nick Osborne/Kshitij Dwivedi (PCM) def. Paul Bishop/David Secker (AASU) 8-5
3. Zach Glankler/Andrew Lee (PCM) def. Christian Easton/Davor Zink (AASU) 8-5
Records: AASU (13-6), Presbyterian (11-6)