Orlando, Fla. - The St. Thomas Aquinas College Men's Tennis team won its eighth straight match, besting St. Mary's University (TX), 4-2 on Thursday afternoon, as the Spartans participated in their third straight day of matches in the Sunshine State.
STAC remains perfect at 8-0 on the year, while St. Mary's slides to 8-5.
St. Thomas Aquinas opened the day, taking two of three doubles matches, as Ondrej Sramek and Tony Khamassi downed Aaron Ben Anton and Sebastian Azcui, 6-2. St. Mary's tied things when Jake Faryniarz and Nicolas Llosa beat Don Vinz Lominoque and Tobias Fuerschuss, 6-4. The team of Odysseas Papaioannou and Ludovico Truffelli ended doubles play by taking the deciding doubles competition, 7-5 over Alvaro Soler and Ryan Koth.
Once the teams turned to singles competition, St. Mary's picked up victories from Oskar Iroja over Lennart Lehmann (6-4, 6-0) and Nicolas Llosa over Don Vinz Lominoque (7-5, 6-3) to take a 2-1 lead. Ondrej Sramek then tied things up with his 4-6, 6-2, 6-1 triumph over Jake Faryniarz. Odysseas Papaioannou and Ludovico Truffelli closed out the day with back-to-back wins against Alvaro Soler (6-3, 4-6, 6-4) and Ryan Koth (2-6, 7-5, 6-4), respectively to keep the the Spartans perfect on the year.
STAC 4/St. Mary's 2 - OFFICIAL RESULTS
DOUBLES
Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1*
SINGLES
3.
Tobias Fuerschuss (STAC) vs. Daniel Matheu Baldor (STM) 6-2, 5-7, 3-2 (DID NOT FINISH)
6. Nicolas Llosa (STM) def.
Don Vinz Lominoque (STAC) 7-5, 6-3
Order of Finish: 4, 6, 5, 1, 2*, X
St. Mary's Record: 8-5, 0-2 LSC
STAC Record: 8-0, 0-0 ECC
THE ROCKHILL REPORT
"The men are starting to take some steps forward but we have a long way to go", stated Coach Dan Rockhill. "The energy was good and most of the guys were willing to do the work. We are miles ahead of where we were at this time last year, especially in the doubles."
"I am happy for Ody as he put yesterday behind him and played some of the best tennis I have seen him play in our short time together at STAC. Ludo has been a great story as he continues his gritty play. Ondrej played more like an upperclassman today and I am so excited about where I think he is going to be in the near future."
"It was wonderful to see Oskar, who played for us at Concordia, and is now at St. Mary's", said Rockhill. "Of course, we wanted to beat him but he, and the entire Rattler team, were difficult to beat as they played great defense. I hope they have a great rest of the season."
"We will look to recover tonight and take on one of best D3 teams in the country tomorrow."
UP NEXT
STAC concludes its Florida spring break road trip, taking on Washington University (MO) on Friday, March 17 at 12:00 p.m.
