April 11, 2009

FARMVILLE, Va. - The Longwood University men's tennis team swept Howard University 7-0 on Saturday afternoon in Farmville. Seniors Austin Brawley/Virginia Beach (Frank W. Cox), Carlos Garcia de Andoain/Madrid, Spain (Liceo Sorolla 'C') and Brandon Lindsley/Woodbridge (Woodbridge) all earned wins on Senior Day. The Lancers improved to 11-8 while Howard fell to 6-13. Longwood finished the season with 11 wins, the most since the 2003 campaign.

In singles action, Lindsley won at #1 (6-3, 6-1), Garcia de Andoain won at #2 (6-4, 6-1), freshman Nobu Tanaka/Potomac, Md. (St. Johns College) won at #3 (6-7 (8), 6-1, 10-6), junior Billy Heird/York, Pa. (Dallastown) won at #4 (6-0, 6-1) and Brawley won at #5 (7-5, 6-2). Junior David Cardoso/Porto, Portugal (Externato Lumen) won by default at #6.

The Lancers swept all three doubles' flights. Heird and Lindsley won at #1 (8-2), Garcia de Andoain and Cardoso won at #2 (8-5) and Tanaka and sophomore Milo Barajas-Alexander/Arlington (Bishop O'Connell) won by default at #3.

@Longwood 7, Howard 0
Singles
1. Brandon Lindsley (LU) def. Mike Gee (HU), 6-3, 6-1
2. Carlos Garcia de Andoain (LU) def. Chris Brown (HU), 6-4, 6-1
3. Nobu Tanaka (LU) def. Omar Haloui (HU), 6-7 (8), 6-1, 10-6
4. Billy Heird (LU) def. Chad Jones (HU), 6-0, 6-1
5. Austin Brawley (LU) def. Tonique Merrell (HU), 7-5, 6-2
6. David Cardoso (LU) win by default

Doubles
1. Heird/Lindsley (LU) def. Haloui/Brown (HU), 8-2
2. Garcia de Andoain/Cardoso def. Gee/Merrell (HU), 8-5
3. Tanaka/Milo Barajas-Alexander win by default