Sunday, 10/11/2009

ORLANDO  -  South  Carolina  men's  tennis  opened  its  season  with  a  rough  start,  dropping  three  doubles  matches  at  the  Central Florida Invitational Thursday afternoon at the UCF Tennis Complex. The Gamecocks saw their top duo of Diego Cubas and Ivan Machado drop their first match of the season, falling to Marc Rocafort and Blaze Schwartz of UCF 8-6 in the Doubles A draw.

The Knights completed their sweep of the Gamecocks as Claudio Romano and Brock Sakey topped Ivan Cressoni and Johannes Pulsfort 8-4, also in the Doubles A draw. In the Doubles B section, Joe Delinks and Eugene Dolgovykh upended Chris Sheehan and David Wolff 8-6.

The UCF Invitational continues on Friday with singles matches beginning at 9 a.m.


Results
Doubles A
Marc Rocafort/Blaze Schwartz (UCF) def. No. 9 Diego Cubas/Ivan Machado (SC), 8-6
Claudio Romano/Brock Sakey (UCF) def. Ivan Cressoni/Johannes Pulsfort (SC), 8-4

Doubles B
Joe Delinks/Eugene Dolgovykh (UCF) def. Chris Sheehan/David Wolff (SC), 8-6