March 11, 2007

BOILING SPRINGS, N.C.—Longwood men’s tennis fell to Gardner-Webb 4-3 Sunday afternoon at Gardner-Webb.  Brandon Lindsley/Woodbridge (Woodbridge) recorded wins in both singles and doubles in the loss.  Longwood will return to action on Wednesday, March 21, when they travel to Hampton for a 1:30 p.m. match.

In singles action David Cardoso/Porto, Portugal (Externato Lumen) saw his first match at the number one spot and battled Gardner-Webb’s Evgeny Slesarev to three sets winning the first set 6-1 before falling in the next two sets, 6-4, 6-4.  Carlos Garcia de Andoain/Madrid, Spain (Liceo Sorolla ‘C’) and the Bulldogs’ Roberto Vasques had a see-saw battle where GW’s Vasques came away with the win beating Garcia de Andoain 7-5, 7-6.  Lindsley tallied Longwood’s first win in singles in the number three spot beating Kim Ellie 6-2, 6-1.  After Rashko Patnikov/Bankya, Bulgaria (Smirnenski) and Billy Heird/York, Pa. (Dallastown) fell in their respective matches Mani Barajas-Alexander/Arlington, Va. (Bishop O'Connell) got a 6-4, 6-3 victory over the Bulldogs’ Taylor Ferrier to round out singles.

Longwood swept the doubles as Heird and Lindsley defeated Slesarev and Veiga 8-6 while the teams of Garcia de Andoain/Cardoso and Patnikov/Barajas-Alexander recorded wins in their matches.

Longwood 3 @Gardner-Webb 4

Doubles
1. Heird/ Lindsley (LU) def. Slesarev/ Veiga (GWU): 8-6
2. Garcia de Andoain/ Cardoso (LU) def. Ellis/ Ferrier (GWU): 8-5
3. Patnikov/ Barajas-Alexander (LU) def. Vasques/ Van Rensburg (GWU): 8-3

Singles
1. Slesarev (GWU) def. Cardoso (LU):1-6, 6-4, 6-4
2. Vasques (GWU) def. Garcia de Andoain (LU): 7-5, 7-6 (7-4)
3. Lindsley (LU) def. Ellis (GWU): 6-2, 6-1
4. Veiga (GWU) def.  Heird (LU): 6-3, 6-2
5. Grant Van Rensburg (GWU) def. Rashko Patnikov (LU): 6-5, 6-4
6. Mani Barajas-Alexander (LU) def. Taylor Ferrier (GWU): 6-4, 6-3