Gamecocks Close Fall with Solid Day at Auburn Fall Invite
AUBURN, Ala. - South Carolina men's tennis closed out its fall season at the Auburn Fall Invitational at Yarbrough Tennis Center
Sunday afternoon. For the third-straight day, it was senior Diego Cubas and sophomore Ivan Machado that led the Gamecocks in
victories as both finished the tournament undefeated in both singles and doubles.
Cubas and Machado remained perfect in Flight One Doubles when Embry-Riddle's Jan Hoekzema and Peter Francis retired after
falling behind the Gamecock duo 5-0. Ivan Cressoni and Chris Sheehan bounced back from Saturday's doubles loss to take an 8-5
victory over Charlie Rice and Luke Maricic of Embry-Riddle in Flight Two action.
Ranked No. 28 in the nation, Cubas stayed perfect for the tournament with his third singles victory in Flight One, rallying back to
defeated Francis 3-6, 6-0, 6-3. Playing in Flight Two Singles, Machado notched a 6-3, 6-3 win over Rice. Sheehan recorded his first
singles win of the season with a 7-5, 6-3 win over Embry-Riddle's David Spennare in Flight Four Singles
Results
Flight One Doubles Flight Two Singles
#9 Diego Cubas/Ivan Machado (SC) def. Jan Hoekzema/Peter Ivan Machado (SC) def. Charlie Rice (ER) 6-3, 6-3
Francis (ER) 5-0 retired Branko Weber (Troy) def. Nick Maurillo (AUB) 6-0, 7-5
Mario Rolemberg/Bastian Maucher (Troy) def. Nick
Maurillo/Andreas Mies (AUB) 8-2 Flight Three Singles
Luke Maricic (ER) def. Ivan Cressoni (SC) 6-3, 6-3
Flight Two Doubles Xavier Masson (Troy) def. Michael Wardell (AUB) 6-2, 6-1
Ivan Cressoni/Chris Sheehan (SC) def. Charlie Rice/Luke
Maricic (ER) 8-5 Flight Four Singles
Branko Weber/Xavier Masson (Troy) def. Michael Chris Sheehan (SC) def. David Spennare (ER) 7-5, 6-3
Wardell/Michel Monteiro (AUB) 8-3 Bastian Maucher (Troy) def. Michel Monteiro (AUB) 3-6, 7-5, 6-
0
Flight One Singles
#28 Diego Cubas (SC) def. Peter Francis (ER) 3-6, 6-0, 6-3 Flight Five Singles
Andreas Mies (AUB) def. Aurelien Tave (Troy) 6-1, 6-3 Zander Woodford-Smith (ER) def. Harry Menzies (SC) 6-4, 7-6
(6)
Davis Taylor (AUB) def. Guilherme Sahadi (Troy) 6-3, 7-6 (1)
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