No. 1 Pirates Have Work To Do, Trail No. 2 Barry 2-1 After Doubles

When Armstrong Atlantic State met Barry earlier this season in a neutral-site match in Daytona Beach in March, the Bucs jumped on top 2-1 after doubles with wins at No. 1 and No. 2.

That day, the Pirates were able to win four of six singles matches to take a 5-4 win.

Fast forward two months later, and the top-ranked and defending DII national champion Pirates will have to accomplish the same feat if they are to come away with back-to-back national titles.

Early Saturday morning, Barry jumped ahead in doubles and leads the match, 2-1. The Pirates got on the board first with an 8-3 win at No. 3 doubles by Eudaldo Bonet and Akos Torok (pictured), over Jakub Fefjar and Sergio Velez.

Barry picked up a late break at No. 1 doubles and the duo of Emmanuel Fraitzl and Max Wimmer edged Paul Bishop and Mikk Irdoja, 8-6. At the pivotal No. 2 doubles match, Rafael Array and Tim Johannsen found themselves down, 6-3, but battled back to take a 7-6 lead, only to watch the team of Ales Svigelj and Andrew Sharnov come away with a 9-7 victory.

Singles play is beginning, and once again it will be an emotional match for both teams. Doubles play was chock full of spirited points and exchanges between players - more of the same to follow we are certain!