Gamecocks Sweep Presbyterian
Carolina remains perfect at the Carolina Tennis Center following its third-consecutive 7-0 sweep at home.
COLUMBIA, S.C.- South Carolina men’s tennis (5-1) remained perfect at home with a third-consecutive sweep as they defeated Presbyterian College (7-2), 7-0 on Wednesday afternoon at the Carolina Tennis Center.
Carolina won all three doubles courts as the No. 2 pair of Jake Beasley and Yancy Dennis responded from an early deficit to clinch the doubles team point with a 6-4 win.
“The goal was to be sharp– our goal was just to be on point.” said Head Coach Josh Goffi. “We got a little sloppy in some spots but we had some good recoveries and we’ll certainly take the positives from those.”
The Gamecocks carried their momentum into singles play where they put up six wins in straight sets. Daniel Rodrigues (6-0, 6-2) and Jake Beasley (6-1, 6-1) each cruised to wins on courts two and six to put the Gamecocks up 3-0.
Joseph Brailovsky later finished off Presbyterian’s Jaime Castillo-Lopez 6-4, 6-3 to seal the team win for South Carolina at 4-0.
DOUBLES
The Gamecocks played one of their best doubles points on the early season, finishing ahead on all three courts. Raphael Lambling and Daniel Rodrigues won a deuce point to go ahead 2-1 early and never looked back, closing out their match first with a 6-2 win.
Dennis and Beasley fell behind a break early at No. 2 doubles but responded nicely by winning deuce point to break at 4-3. Dennis and Beasley won four straight points to go up 5-3 and held to clinch the doubles point with the 6-4 win. Paul Jubb and Joseph Brailovksy also held serve on court three to close out a 6-3 win.
Doubles Results:
1. Raphael Lambling/Daniel Rodrigues (SC) def. ALVAREZ, Oscar/STENGER, Daniel (PC) 6-2
2. Yancy Dennis/Jake Beasley (SC) def. BENSON, Max/CASTILLO-LOPEZ, J. (PC) 6-4
3. Paul Jubb/Joseph Brailovsky (SC) def. McKINNEY, Nicholas/CONDE, Alberto (PC) 6-3
Order of finish: 1,2*,3
SINGLES
Beasley and Rodrigues each avoided any breaks in serve as they cruised to wins on courts six and two, respectively. Beasley was first to lock up his singles win with a 6-1, 6-2 decision over Oscar Alvarez.
The win came just moments before Rodrigues wrapped up a 6-0, 6-2 win on court two to give the Gamecocks a 3-0 lead. Brailovsky fell behind a break in the first set before back-to-back breaks gave him a 5-3 advantage. Brailovksy would finish off the first set at 6-4 and later clinched the team win for Carolina with a 6-3 second-set win.
With the team win already locked up, Thomas Brown still fought back from being down 5-2 in the second set and won five straight games to complete a 6-2, 7-5 win on court four.
Singles Results:
1. Yancy Dennis (SC) def. STENGER, Daniel (PC) 6-4, 6-3
2. Daniel Rodrigues (SC) def. CONDE, Alberto (PC) 6-0, 6-2
3. Raphael Lambling (SC) def. BENSON, Max (PC) 6-3, 6-4
4. Thomas Brown (SC) def. McKINNEY, Nicholas (PC) 6-2, 7-5
5. Joseph Brailovsky (SC) def. CASTILLO-LOPEZ, J. (PC) 6-4, 6-3
6. Jake Beasley (SC) def. ALVAREZ, Oscar (PC) 6-1, 6-2
Order of finish: 6,2,5*,3,1,4
