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Stephanie Krell

Men’s Tennis Sweep Doubles to Defeat Bobcats

2/22/2015 3:57:00 PM

Savannah, Georgia – The 22nd ranked SCAD men's tennis team won all three doubles matches to defeat St. Thomas 7-2 Sunday afternoon at Bacon Park.  With the win the Bees improve to 3-3 overall and 3-1 in the Sun Conference, while the Bobcats fall to 1-4 overall and 1-1 in conference play. 

Bobby Brand and Josh Tewes-McCoy got the Bees started, scoring the first point of the match with an 8-2 win at No. 3 doubles.  Kenta Naka and Joao Freitas followed with an 8-2 win at No. 2 doubles, while Yulin Liu and Sean Hajdu picked up an 8-2 win at No. 1 doubles. 

The strong play continued into singles matches as Frietas extended SCAD's lead to 4-0 with a 6-0, 6-2 win at No. 2 singles. 

Liu outdueled Luis Soto for a 7-6, 6-3 win at No. 3 singles to clinch the match for the Bees.  Liu improves his conference record to 4-0 and is the only Bees play to be undefeated in conference play. 

Brand won in straight sets at No. 5 singles, while Tewes-McCoy battled back after dropping the first set to win the match in three sets. 

SCAD will return to action next weekend when they travel to Orlando, Florida for a three game road trip. The Bees will face conference foes Warner and Webber on Friday and Saturday, and wrap up their trip Sunday against Grand Valley State. 

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