Longwood University Athletics

FARMVILLE, Va. – The Longwood doubles tandem of senior Rosen Naydenov and freshman Luis Reis stole the Lancer spotlight on the first day of the River City Tennis Open with back-to-back doubles wins at Williams-Bollettieri Tennis Center.
 
The Lancer duo swept its opening bouts in the open doubles purple flight, taking down Navy's Cy McLeod and Luke Garner 6-4 and George Mason's Dustin Hal and Michael Pollatos 6-4.
 
Those wins vaulted Naydenov and Reis to the top of their three-team flight and accounted for two of Longwood's four wins on the day. Reis also earned another of those in singles play, taking down College of Charleston's Zach Theodossiou 6-0, 6-2 to split his first two singles bouts in the men's singles flight 20.
 
Senior Guillermo Cagigas also earned a singles win in the men's single flight 10, completing a comeback that saw him battle back from a first-set loss to ultimately dispatch College of Charleston's Noah Borges 4-6, 6-4, 10-7.
 
The River City Tennis Open is the largest Division I college tennis tournament in Virginia and hosted by the River City Tennis Foundation. Day two of the tournament will continue Saturday with all four Longwood participants competing in singles play.
 
River City Tennis Open
Oct. 8, 2021 (Day 1 of 3)
Richmond, Va. (Williams-Bollettieri Tennis Center)
 
Men's Singles Flight 10
Chen Ruo (W&M) def. Guillermo Cagigas (LWU) 6-2, 6-1
Guillermo Cagigas (LWU) def. Noah Borges (CofC) 4-6, 6-4, 10-7
 
Men's Singles Flight 15
Andre Limon (CofC) def. Rosen Naydenov (LWU) 6-4, 6-2
Richard Bell (UR) def. Rosen Naydenov (LWU) 6-4, 6-1
 
Men's Singles Flight 19
Sasha Panyan (NAVY) def. Ernesto Rocabert (LWU) 6-3, 6-2
Alex Kim (NOVA) def. Ernesto Rocabert (LWU) 6-4, 0-6, 7-10
 
Men's Singles Flight 20
Luis Reis (LWU) vs. Zach Theodossiou (CofC) 6-0, 6-2
Hayden Postin (GMU) def. Luis Reis (LWU) 3-6, 6-4, 10-8
 
Men's Open Doubles Green
Finn Garner/Jack McBride (NAVY) def. Guillermo Cagigas/Ernest Rocabert (LWU) 7-6 (5)
Francois Le Tallec/Michael Walser (ODU) def. Guillermo Cagigas/Ernest Rocabert (LWU) 6-3
 
Men's Open Doubles Purple
Rosen Naydenov/Luis Reis (LWU) def. Cy McLeod/Luke Garner (NAVY) 6-4
Rosen Naydenov/Luis Reis (LWU) def. Dustin Ha/Michael Pollatos (GMU) 6-4
 
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