YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. | Young Harris College upset No. 47 Augusta University 5-4 Friday (March 3) afternoon in a Peach Belt Conference men's tennis match at the Bob & Gayle Nichols Tennis Complex.
The Mountain Lions won their second consecutive PBC contest to improve to 4-5 overall and to 2-2 in the league, while the Jaguars fell to 5-5 and remained winless in five conference matches. Young Harris remains at home Saturday (March 4) for a noon match against No. 39 University of South Carolina Aiken.
The Mountain Lions swept the doubles matches to open up a 3-0 lead. Young Harris clinched the match when
Raul Quevedo and
Javier Villar earned straight-set wins at No. 5 and 6 singles to take an insurmountable 5-0 lead.
YOUNG HARRIS 5, #47 AUGUSTA 4
Singles competition
1. #12 Patrick Oliveira (AUG) def.
Daniel Tiboldi (YHC) 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-7)
2. Joao Ferreira (AUG) def.
Mateo Besada (YHC) 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 1-0 (10-5)
3. Arthur Andrade (AUG) def.
Alex Pavel (YHC) 6-2, 6-3
4. Joao Gabriel Freitas (AUG) def.
Tim Fleerkamp (YHC) 6-4, 7-6 (8-6)
5.
Raul Quevedo (YHC) def. Odyr Cruz (AUG) 6-3, 6-3
6.
Javier Villar (YHC) def. Gabriel Dos Santos (AUG) 6-1, 6-2
Doubles competition
1.
Alex Pavel/
Raul Quevedo (YHC) def. Patrick Oliveira/Odyr Cruz (AUG) 8-6
2.
Daniel Tiboldi/
Javier Villar (YHC) def. Moritz Gehlhaus/Joao Gabriel Freitas (AUG) 8-6
3.
Mateo Besada/
Tim Fleerkamp (YHC) def. Joao Ferreira/Gabriel Dos Santos (AUG) 8-6
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (6,5,3,2,4,1)
