March 27, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Longwood University men's tennis team defeated Georgetown University 4-3 on Friday afternoon in Washington. Longwood claimed the first three singles flights and the fifth singles to secure the win. The Lancers improve to 8-5 on the season while Georgetown falls to 3-16. Longwood returns to action on Sunday, March 29, when it hosts George Washington University in Farmville at 1 p.m.

The Lancers won four of the singles flights. Senior Carlos Garcia de Andoain/Madrid, Spain (Liceo Sorolla 'C') won at #1 (7-5, 7-5), senior Brandon Lindsley/Woodbridge (Woodbridge) won at #2 (7-6 (0), 6-1), freshman Nobu Tanaka/Potomac, Md. (St. Johns College) won at #3 (6-0, 6-7 (5), 6-2) and junior David Cardoso/Porto, Portugal (Externato Lumen) won at #5 (6-3, 6-2). Tanaka has now won his flight in 11 straight dual matches. Junior Billy Heird/York, Pa. (Dallastown) fell at #4 (5-7, 4-6) and sophomore Milo Barajas-Alexander/Arlington (Bishop O'Connell) lost at #6 (4-6, 2-6).

Longwood lost two of the three doubles flights to lose the point. Cardoso and Garcia de Andoain won at #3 (9-7). Barajas-Alexander and Heird fell at #1 (5-8) and Lindsley and Tanaka fell at #2 (8-9 (3)).

Longwood 4, @Georgetown 3
Singles
1. Carlos Garcia de Andoain (LU) def. Michael Clarke (GU), 7-5, 7-5
2. Brandon Lindsley (LU) def. David Tillem (GU), 7-6 (0), 6-1
3. Nobu Tanaka (LU) def. Adam Gross (GU), 6-0, 6-7 (5), 6-2
4. Andrew Bruhn (GU) def. Billy Heird (LU), 7-5, 6-4
5. David Cardoso (LU) def. Kenneth Wong (GU), 6-3, 6-2
6. Tim Walsh (GU) def. Milo Barajas-Alexander (LU), 6-4, 6-2

Doubles
1. Clarke/Tillem (GU) def. Heird/Milo Barajas-Alexander (LU), 8-5
2. Tomczyk/Bruhn (GU) def. Lindsley/Tanaka (LU), 9-8 (3)
3. Cardoso/Garcia de Andoain (LU) def. K. Walsh/Gross (GU), 9-7