March 6, 2005

ASHEVILLE, N.C. -- Longwood University dropped a 5-2 men’s tennis decision at UNC Asheville Sunday in North Carolina.  The Lancers are now 0-6 this season and will play again Tuesday, March 8, hosting Shaw University beginning at 2 p.m. at the Lancer Courts in Farmville.

At UNC Asheville, Longwood garnered a pair of wins in singles from sophomore Rashko Patnikov/Bankya, Bulgaria (Smirnenski) #1 (6-3, 6-4) and junior Tobias Guennel/Plauen, Germany (Albert Einstein-Gymnasium) at #3 (4-6, 6-3, 7-6).

@UNC Asheville 5 - Longwood 2
Doubles
1. Julien Vulliez-Paul Ambrose (UNCA) def. Rashko Patnikov-Tobias Guennel (LU), 8-3
2. John Rambotas-Adam Branks (UNCA) def. Chris Newman-Mani Barajas-Alexander (LU), 8-4
3. Maurico Correa-Rob Nunnery (UNCA) def.  Ian Young-Ross McBee (LU), 8-1

Singles
1. Patnikov (LU) def. Vulliez (UNCA), 6-3, 6-4
2. Ambrose (UNCA) def. Newman (LU), 6-3, 6-0
3. Guennel (LU) def. Rambotas (UNCA), 4-6, 6-3, 7-6
4. Correa (UNCA) def. Barajas-Alexander (LU), 6-1, 6-3
5. Nunnery (UNCA) def. Young (LU), 6-3, 6-1
6. Branks (UNCA) def. McBee (LU), 6-1, 6-2