Newberry Edges C-N, 5-4

April 4, 2009

JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - The Newberry College men's tennis team won four points in singles to edge the Carson-Newman Eagles Saturday afternoon in Jefferson City, 5-4.

With the win, Newberry moves to 4-6 overall and 3-2 in South Atlantic Conference play, while the Eagles fall to 3-6 overall and 3-3 in league play.

The Eagles jumped out to a 2-1 lead after doubles play, winning at both No. 2 and No. 3 doubles. Sophomores Adriano Kira and Trent Slagle (Knoxville, Tenn.) won convincingly at No. 3 over Newberry's Mark Boswell (Piedmont, S.C.) and Pavle Popovic (Belgrade, Serbia), 8-3.

C-N's Rodolfo Schwarz (Sagrada Familia, Brazil) rolled through Boswell at No. 5 singles, 6-1, 6-1, but Slagle, at No. 3 singles, would be C-N's only other winner.

Newberry's Lucas Mattos (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) won a second-set tiebreaker against C-N's Jack Harvie (Snellville, Ga.) to clinch the match.

The Eagles return to action on Sunday at 10 a.m. against North Georgia in Jefferson City. Newberry returns to action on April 9 at Erskine College in Due West, S.C.

April 4, 2009
Newberry 5, Carson-Newman 4
At Jefferson City, Tenn.
Doubles
1. Smith/Sobrinho (N) d. Schwarz/Schwarz, 8-3
2. Harvie/Borthick (CN) d. Mattos/Sukharev, 8-5
3. Kira/Slagle (CN) d. Popovic/Boswell

Singles
1. M. Sukharev (N) d. Giuseppe Schwarz, 6-2,6-3
2. L. Mattos (N) d. Jack Harvie, 6-1,7-6
3. Trent Slagle (CN) d. J. Smith, 6-1,6-2
4. F. Sobrinho (N) d. Adriano Kira, 6-1,6-2
5. Rodolfo Schwarz (CN) d. M. Boswell, 6-1,6-1
6. P. Popovic (N) d. Chris Acker, 6-2,6-2