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February 22, 2010

Tiger men’s tennis team returns to action

Having opened its season at the University of Arkansas on Feb. 7, the Cowley College men’s tennis team returned to the court for the first time in nearly two weeks when they played at NCAA Division II Drury University in Springfield, MO. on Friday.

Although the Tigers lost the match by a score of 8-1, Cowley head coach Josh Cobble thought his players represented themselves well against the Panthers.

“Everyone fought pretty hard, I definitely thought we got better,” Cobble said. “To be able to get this kind of experience is big for us.”

Cowley’s lone win came from its No. 1 doubles team of Lloyd Bruce-Burgess and Joan Valls as the Tiger duo outlasted Drury’s Roman Gonda and Lukas Zeilen 9-8 in a tiebreaker.

Cobble also thought the Tigers’ No. 2 doubles team of Renato Mendes and Felipe Pimenta performed well in their 8-6 loss to the Panthers’ Jesus San Roman and Antonio Garcia Santos.

“I think that was the best match that Renato and Felipe have played together,” Cobble said. “I feel pretty good about our doubles lineup.”

In singles play, sophomore Roger White battled hard before losing to Roman Gonda 3-6, 6-7 in No. 2 singles.

“Roger stepped up and played a good match,” Cobble said.

Cowley will continue to face stiff competition in the early season when they play at the University of Missouri Kansas City Wednesday at 1 p.m.

“They will be a tough team, but we will just go out and play,” Cobble said.

Results:
DOUBLES

  • No. 1 — Lloyd Bruce-Burgess/Joan Valls (CC) defeated Roman Gonda/Lukas Zeilen (Drury) 9-8 (4).
  • No. 2 — Renato Mendes/Felipe Pimenta (CC) lost to Alex Kacamakisz/Ivan Marevic (Drury) 6-8.
  • No. 3 — Roger White/Alex Dickson (CC) lost to Jesus San Roman/Antonio Garcia Santos (Drury) 3-8.

SINGLES

  • No. 1 — Bruce-Burgess (CC) lost to Kacamakisz (Drury) 2-6, 2-6.
  • No. 2 _ White (CC) lost to Gonda (Drury) 3-6, 7-6 (2).
  • No. 3 — Mendes (CC) lost to Garcia Santos (Drury) 0-6, 3-6.
  • No. 4 — Valls (CC) lost to San Roman (Drury) 3-6, 2-6.
  • No. 5 — Pimenta (CC) lost to Zeilen (Drury) 1-6, 1-6.
  • Tom Gibaud (CC) lost to Marevic (Drury) 2-6, 2-6.