LIVINGSTON, Ala. – As part of
their week long road trip, the Cameron Aggies tennis squads made a stop
at West Alabama to take on the Tigers in a pair of tennis matches with
the Ags coming up with a pair of 9-0 sweeps.
For the men (7-1), who came into the week ranked No. 20 nationally,
Santiago Romero and
Patrick Eichler defeated Wade Covington and Clay
Cooke, 8-4 and No. 1 and
Thomas Peixoto and
Duje Janjic defeated Juan
Felipe Tellez and Lucas Cruz, 8-2 at No. 2. At No. 3,
Manuel Barroetavena and
Jeff Sasser defeated Lucas Nunes and Luis Ruiz, 8-1.
In singles, the Aggies completed a total sweep, without surrendering a single set, from top to bottom.
Romero defeated Tellez 6-1, 6-4 at the top while Eichler took down Nunes 6-1, 6-1 at No. 2.
Peixoto defeated Covington 6-2, 6-4 and
Manuel Barroetavena defeated
Ruiz, 6-3, 7-5 at No. 3 and No. 4, respectively. At No. 5, Janjic
defeated Cruz, 6-2, 6-2, while at No. 6,
Nicolas Clerc took down Cooke,
6-0, 6-2.
On the women’s side, it was a similar story as top to bottom the No. 18 Ags (4-1) made the sweep.
Amanda Moberg and Julia Puckhaber, the reigning LSC Women’s Tennis
Player of the Week, defeated Katy Shoptaugh and Emily Gerding, 8-4, at
the top. At No. 2, Florencia Tornero and Sara Londono defeated Angy
Cuellar and Courtney McDonald, 8-0 while at No. 3, Elvira Sholles and
Antonia Moberg defeated Natalia Cardenas and Dasha Popova, 8-1.
On the singles side, Amanda Moberg defeated Cuellar, 6-0, 6-2, at No. 1.
At No. 2, Puckhaber defeated Cardenas in a clean sweep, 6-0, 6-0.
Sholles defeated Gerding, 6-1, 6-0 and at No . 4, Londono defeated
Shoptaugh, 6-2, 6-2. To close the singles play, Antonia Moberg defeated
Popova, 6-3, 6-2, and No. 5 and at No. 6, Tornero defeated Courtney
McDonald, 6-2, 6-0.
The Ags continue their road trip in Pensacola, Fla., as a part of the
West Florida tournament which begins play on March 11 and runs through
March 14. They will face numerous top 25 teams including the No. 5
hosts, West Florida.