March 30, 2010

Tiger tennis team powers their way to 9-0 win over Seward County

Returning to the court for the first time in 18 days, the No. 5-ranked Cowley College men’s tennis team showed no signs of rust as they dominated its match vs. Seward County Monday in Arkansas City.

Playing their first Region VI opponent of the season, the Tigers had no trouble dispatching of Seward County by a score of 9-0.

“We had lots of great matches and were able to win several matches convincingly,” Cowley head coach Josh Cobble said. “I hope this will help set the tone for future region opponents.”

Cowley’s singles and doubles lineup did not drop a set and were really only threatened in a couple of matches. After a 3-0 start by its doubles teams, sophomore Lloyd Bruce-Burgess seemed to keep the team’s intensity level up with his shouts of “Go Tigers” throughout his 6-1, 6-3 win over Seward County’s Nathan Nelmes in No. 1 singles.

Cowley will now travel to Emporia to take on Emporia State University and Washburn University this afternoon.

Results:
DOUBLES

• No. 1 — Lloyd Bruce-Burgess/Joan Valls (CC) defeated Nathan Nelmes/Laercio Lobo (SC) 8-3.
  
• No. 2 — Felipe Pimenta/Renato Mendes (CC) defeated Christian Romanzini/Eduardo Munoz (SC) 8-5.
  
• No. 3 — Roger White/Alex Dickson (CC) defeated Carlos Souza/Fernando Soni (SC) 8-3.

SINGLES

• No. 1 — Bruce-Burgess (CC) defeated Nelmes (SC) 6-1, 6-3.
  
• No. 2 — Valls (CC) defeated Lobo (SC) 7-5, 6-2.
  
• No. 3 — White (CC) defeated Souza (SC) 6-0, 6-1.
  
• No. 4 — Pimenta (CC) defeated Soni (SC) 6-2, 6-1.
  
• No. 5 — Mendes (CC) defeated Romanzini (SC) 7-6 (4), 6-0.
  
• No. 6 — Dickson (CC) defeated Munoz (SC) 6-3, 6-4.