March 4, 2007

FARMVILLE, Va.-- Longwood University men’s tennis fell to the 57th ranked Elon Phoenix Sunday afternoon 6-1 at Lancer Courts. The Lancers move to 4-2 on the season while Elon improves to 8-1 on the year. Longwood will travel to Lynchburg on Tuesday, March 6 to face the Liberty Flames in a 2 p.m. match.

In singles action Carlos Garcia de Andoain/Madrid, Spain (Liceo Sorolla ‘C’) fell to Damon Gooch 2-6, 1-6 while David Cardoso/Porto, Portugal (Externato Lumen) dropped two sets 6-4 to Elon’s Anuwat Dalodom in the number two spot. After Brandon Lindsley/Woodbridge (Woodbridge) fell 6-3 and 6-4 in the number three spot to Mason Schermerhorn the Lancers go their only two wins in singles coming from Rashko Patnikov/Bankya, Bulgaria (Smirnenski) and Billy Heird/York, Pa. (Dallastown). Patnikov took Elon’s Gustaf Asplund to three sets but fell in the final set 10-3. Mani Barajas-Alexander/Arlington, Va. (Bishop O'Connell) rounded out the action in singles falling to the Phoenix’s Kevin Beard 6-2, 6-2.

The Lancers were shutout in doubles as all three sets, Garcia de Andoain/Cardoso, Heird/Lindsley and
Bair/Patnikov each fell 8-2.

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Singles
1. Gooch (EU) def. Garcia de Andoain (LU): 6-3, 6-1
2. Dalodom (EU) def.Cardoso (LU): 6-4, 6-4
3. Schermerhorn (EU) def. Lindsley (LU): 6-4, 6-4
4. Asplund (EU) def.Patnikov (LU): 5-7, 7-5, 10-3
5. Heird (LU) def. Fenn (EU):6-2, 1-6, 7-6
6. Beard (EU) def. Barajas-Alexander (LU): 6-2, 6-3

Doubles
1. Gooch/Schermerhorn (EU) def. Garcia de Andoain/Cardoso (LU): 8-2
2. Dalodom/Asplund (EU) def. Heird/Lindsley (LU): 8-2
3. Fenn/Smialek (EU) def. Bair/Patnikov (LU): 8-2