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No. 36 Pirates Drop Opener to St. Edward's

Southwestern
0
St. Edward's
9

Doubles

Logan Buignet / Davor Ivkovic (STED)
def. Alexis Dimanche / Grant Gideon (SUMTN)
8-4
Luis Diaz / Zac Robinson (STED)
def. Tyler Norman / David Strong (SUMTN)
8-3
Will Drumwright / Gabriel Zuniga (STED)
def. Kyle Brown / AJ Garcia (SUMTN)
8-1

Singles

Luis Diaz (STED)
def. Alexis Dimanche (SUMTN)
6-4, 6-4
Will Drumwright (STED)
def. Grant Gideon (SUMTN)
7-5, 3-6, 1-0 (12-10)
Logan Buignet (STED)
def. Dean Dulthummon (SUMTN)
6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (10-4)
Gabriel Zuniga (STED)
def. Jeremy Wilson (SUMTN)
6-4, 6-2
Leif Gabrielsen (STED)
def. Alonso Fernandez (SUMTN)
7-5, 6-3
Davor Ivkovic (STED)
def. Nic Benko (SUMTN)
6-0, 6-0
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No. 36 Pirates Drop Opener to St. Edward's
Posted: Feb 03, 2018

AUSTIN, Texas - The No. 36 ranked Southwestern University men's tennis team fell to a very tough Division II St. Edward's, 9-0, in their opener on Friday evening at the Austin Tennis Academy.

The Pirates got off to a slow start in doubles, dropping all three sets. The No. 1 doubles team of senior Grant Gideon and sophomore Dean Dulthummon had a solid showing, falling 8-5, while the No. 2 team of senior David Strong and sophomore Tyler Norman also scored some solid points, falling 8-3.

On the singles side, the men elevated their game as 1-5 put together a strong showing. Gideon and Dulthummon continued their strong play from doubles as Gideon dropped an outstanding match in a three set tiebreaker, 6-7, 6-2, 10-12 at No. 2 singles. Gideon had a trio of match points in the tiebreaker, but could not quite convert in the thriller.

Dulthummon also went to third set, eventually falling 3-6, 6-3, 4-10 at No. 3 singles. Sophomore Alexis Dimanche dropped a comeptitve match at No. 1 singles by the score of 5-7, 4-6.

Sophomore Jeremy Wilson fell 4-6, 3-6 in No. 4 singles while junior Alonso Fernandez dropped 5-7, 3-6 contest at No. 5 singles.

"I think there are a lot of positive to take away in this opening match against a really strong Division II opponent," said Head Coach Billy Porter. "Looking forward to resting up during the weekend and getting back on Thursday against Sul Ross."

Southwestern falls to 0-1 on the young season but will return to action on Thursday for their home opener against Sul Ross State beginning at 5 PM.