April 2, 2003
ATLANTA – Senior Roger Anderson was the lone singles winner as the Georgia Tech men’s tennis team dropped its third-straight match in a 5-2 loss to 20th-ranked South Carolina on Wednesday afternoon at the Bill Moore Tennis Center in Atlanta.
The Yellow Jackets (11-6) took an early lead in the match with the Gamecocks (14-4) by claiming the doubles point with wins at Nos. 1 and 2. Tech’s 19th-ranked team of Roger Anderson and Scott Schnugg had little trouble with South Carolina’s tandem of Angelo Niculesu and Tom Eklund, claiming an 8-3 win at No. 1. The Jackets claimed the point when the team of Joao Menano and Marko Rajevac defeated the Gamecocks’ team of Seth Rose and Carl Wermee at No. 2 doubles by a 9-7 count.
Tech struggled in singles play, dropping the first set in all six matches, with Anderson being the only player to rally to win his match. Anderson dropped the first set to Seth Rose by a 6-4 score before rallying for a 6-0 win in the second frame. The two then battled to a tiebreaker in the third set, with Anderson claiming the match by a 7-5 score.
The Gamecocks clinched the team win in the match when Ben Atkinson defeated the Jackets’ Trevor McLeod at No. 5 singles in three sets by scores of 6-3, 4-6, 6-0.
Georgia Tech will conclude its regular-season home schedule on Sunday when it hosts Middle Tennessee State at 1 p.m. at the Bill Moore Tennis Center.
#20 SOUTH CAROLINA 5, #23 GEORGIA TECH 2DOUBLES1. #19 Anderson/Schnugg (GT) d. Niculescu/Eklund (SC), 8-32. Menano/Rajevac (GT) d. Rose/Wermee (SC), 9-73. Westman/Atkinson (SC) d. McLeod/Nott (GT), 8-2
SINGLES 1. #26 Roger Anderson (GT) d. #67 Seth Rose (SC), 4-6, 6-0, 7-6 (5) 2. #72 Angelo Niculescu (SC) d. #79 Scott Schnugg (GT), 6-2, 6-4 3. Marcus Westman (SC) d. Joao Menano (GT), 6-3, 7-6 (2) 4. #116 Carl Wermee (SC) d. West Nott (GT), 6-1, 1-6, 6-4 5. Ben Atkinson (SC) d. Trevor McLeod (GT), 6-3, 4-6, 6-0 6. Tom Eklund (SC) d. Marko Rajevac (GT), 6-4, 6-2
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