Tuesday, April 17, 2012

FVSU Wildcats win SIAC Men's Tennis Championship

FORT VALLEY, Georgia - The Fort Valley State Wildcats are the 2012 SIAC Tennis Champions after defeating Stillman College in the title match. After winning two of the three doubles matches, the Wildcats scrambled in singles play by winning four of the six matches to claim the crown.

The FVSU team of Terrance Jenkins and Brandon Pringle defeated SC's David Torres and Alexsandar Zobec in doubles, 8-6. The Wildcats also got a doubles victory when Nick Hernandez and Dwayne White combined for a 8-4 win over Felipe Farias and Jose Pojasi. The Tigers won the doubles match in which Santiago Robles and Jelffrey Farias downed FVSU's Kelvin Oliver and Joshua Turner.

SC won the first singles match when David Torres defeated FVSU's Terrance Jenkins who suffered cramps and had to retire (7-6 (8-6), Retired). The Tigers notched their second win in singles when Zobec beat Turner (6-0, 6-3).

FVSU got its first singles win when Hernandez defeated Felipe Farias in straight sets (6-3, 7-5). The second Wildcat came when Oliver downed Pojasi (6-3, 6-0).

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