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SOUTH CAROLINA
Men's Tennis Falls To Nationally-Ranked Foe
March 15, 2001 | Men's Tennis
March 15, 2001
LAS VEGAS, Nev. - The Bowling Green State University men's tennis team suffered a narrow loss to a nationally-ranked program Thursday (March 15), falling to the University of South Carolina by a 4-3 score. The neutral-site dual match was held in Las Vegas, Nev.
With the loss, the Falcons drop to 9-5 in dual play this season, while the Gamecocks improve to 8-4. USC, ranked 39th in the latest ITA national rankings, had posted a 4-3 victory over 22nd-ranked Florida just four days before facing the Brown and Orange.
The Falcons won the doubles point to open the match, taking two of the three flights. The top-flight team of juniors Vitek Wild and Ed Kuresman, paired together for the first time this season, recorded an 8-6 win over USC's Guillaume Legat and David Nelson. BGSU's #3 tandem of sophomore Nicolas Lopez-Acevedo and freshman Nick Moxley won by an 8-3 score.
In singles action, however, the Gamecocks took four of the six matches to claim the dual win. BGSU's victories came from Moxley at the fourth flight and sophomore Micael Lopez-Acevedo at the sixth. Each player won a three-set match, including a tiebreaker in the final set.
The Falcons' other singles competitors included Wild at the top flight, sophomore Geoff Hiscox at the second level, Nicolas Lopez-Acevedo at flight #3 and sophomore Peter Gardonyi at the fifth flight. Hiscox suffered his loss to Legat, who is ranked 80th in the nation by the ITA.
The Falcons will conclude spring-trip action with a pair of matches in San Diego, Calif., on Friday (March 16). BGSU will face UC Riverside as well as #62 San Diego State.
#39 South Carolina 4, BGSU 3 (March 15)
Las Vegas, Nev.
Singles
1 - Seth Rose (USC) def. Vitek Wild 6-2, 6-3 2 - Guillaume Legat (USC) def. Geoff Hiscox 6-0, 6-1 3 - David Nelson (USC) def. Nicolas Lopez-Acevedo 6-2, 6-4 4 - Nick Moxley (BGSU) def. Carl Wermee 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-5) 5 - Rodrigo Pacheco (USC) def. Peter Gardonyi 6-1, 6-1 6 - Micael Lopez-Acevedo (BGSU) def. Nasir Sherazi 7-6, 5-7, 7-6 (7-3)
Doubles
1 - Wild/Ed Kuresman (BGSU) def. Legat/Nelson 8-6 2 - Rose/Wermee (USC) def. Gardonyi/Brandon Gabel 9-7 3 - N. Lopez-Acevedo/Moxley (BGSU) def. Pacheco/Lior Crystal 8-3
