September 21, 2009

Tiger men’s tennis comes up short against Washburn University

Despite being awarded two wins by default, the Cowley College men’s tennis team was unable to win its match at NCAA Division II Washburn University on Saturday as they lost by a score of 5-4.

“The team loss was disappointing,” Cowley head coach Josh Cobble said. “With a 2-0 lead I thought we had a chance to steal the match.”

Cowley’s top two doubles teams played hard but came up a little bit short in its bid for wins, while Lloyd Bruce-Burgess and Roger White rallied for the Tigers’ lone wins in singles play.

“They both started slow and lost the first set but were able to regroup and win the match,” Cobble said. “I was pretty impressed with those two. But, overall we saw areas we need to improve on.”

Cowley, which is 1-1 in the fall, will play an exhibition match against the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith Wednesday in Tulsa, OK.

Results:
DOUBLES

• No. 1 — Lloyd Bruce-Burgess/Alex Dickson (CC) lost to Ryan Ward/Simon Blondin (WU) 5-8.
  
• No. 2 — Felipe Pimenta/Renato Mendes (CC) lost to Adam Rens/Emmanuel Laarent (WU) 6-8.
  
• No. 3 — Roger White/Tom Gibaud (CC) won by default.

SINGLES

• No. 1 — Bruce-Burgess (CC) defeated Ward (WU) 4-6, 6-3, 12-10.
  
• No. 2 — White (CC) defeated Blondin (WU) 1-6, 7-5, 10-3.
  
• No. 3 — Mendes (CC) lost to Vann Kasey (WU) 4-6, 2-6.
  
• No. 4 — Pimenta (CC) lost to Rens (WU) 3-6, 1-6.
  
• No. 5 — Gibaud (CC) lost to Laarent (WU) 5-7, 4-6.
  
• No. 6 — Dickson (CC) won by default.