The Men's Tennis Team completed its 6-day spring break trip to Florida with a come from behind win against the Southeastern Fire.  It was the second day in a row that the Bees were on the edge of defeat and pulled out a victory.
 
The story unfolded like this – after falling behind 0-2 in doubles play the Bees needed a momentum swing to give them hope in the remaining matches.  The encouragement came from freshman Zach White and Theo Gough.  The No. 3 team staked the Bees to a win to go 1-2 in doubles.
 
This left it to the singles play.  SCAD need to win 4 of the 6 matches to earn a victory.  It did not start out well for the Bees as No. 1 Jack Anton lost in straight sets 4-6 and 0-6.  Freshman Joao Freitas, who had won his previous 3 matches on the roadtrip, won 7-6 and 6-2.  But when the Bees lost at No. 3 1-6 and 2-6, it did not look good.
 
As was the case yesterday when the men were able to win the last 5 singles' contests to pull out a 5-4 win, the Bees were able to provide the last three wins in today's contest to give SCAD another 5-4 comeback victory.  Way to go Bees!
 
Sgubin, who had won his 4 previous singles matches on the trip, provided the Bees with number five.  He won in straight sets 6-2 and 6-2.  Freshman Yulin Liu dominated his opponent and won 6-0 and 6-0.  This left the deciding match up to a freshman, Zach White.  And White gave the Bees exactly what they needed.  He won in straight sets 6-3, 6-3, to give SCAD its third victory in a row and move the Bees to 4-3 overall and 3-0 in The Sun Conference.
 
Way to go Bees! 
 
Doubles Final – Southeastern 2-1

1. Jack Anton / Yulin Liu                       Lose 6-8
2. Darnell Sgubin / Joao Freitas        Lose  8-9 (2)
3. Zach White / Theo Gough               Win 8-3          

 
Singles Final - SCAD 4-2

1. Jack Anton                               Loses 4-6, 0-6
2. Joao Freitas                            Wins  7-6, 6-2
3. Theo Gough                            Loses 1-6, 2-6
4. Darnell Sgubin                       Wins  6-2, 6-2
5. Yulin Liu                                   Wins  6-0, 6-0
6. Zach White                              Wins  6-3, 6-2

 
The Bees will come back to Savannah and have a week to prepare for its next match.  They will travel to Babson, Florida to play its 4th conference match of the season against Webber International.  This match was earlier postponed because of rain, but will now be made up on March 30 at a time yet to  be determined.
 
Let's keep it going Bees!!