3.14.2012

Box Score

CLINTON, S.C. – Longwood University won a close men's tennis match 4-3 at Presbyterian College of the Big South Conference Wednesday afternoon in Clinton, South Carolina. The match was tied 3-3 before junior transfer Giorgi Khmiadashvili|Tbilisi, Georgia (Public School 148) closed out the three-set victory at #2 singles for the deciding point. The Lancers (5-6) are off for a week before hosting Virginia State Wednesday, March 21 at 1 p.m. on Lancer Courts in Farmville.

Khmiadashvili also played #1 doubles with freshman Daniel Elston|Bath, England (Ralph Allen School) but the pair lost 8-4. Elston dropped his #3 singles match, too, 6-3, 6-1. Senior Nobu Tanaka|Potomac, Md. (St. Johns College HS) won 6-3, 6-3 at #1 singles as well as at #3 doubles with freshman Steed Johnson|Raleigh, N.C. (Broughton) 8-7. Johnson, however, lost 6-3, 7-5 at #6 singles. Sophomore Edward Becker|Sydney, Australia (Manly Selective Campus) and freshman Harry Kelleher|Sydney, Australia (St Aloysius' College) won their respective singles matches at #4 and #5, 6-3, 6-3 and 6-1, 6-3. The two also paired up at #2 doubles but fell 8-3.

Singles
1. Nobu Tanaka (LW) def. BERGHAUS, Rafael (PC)                  6-3, 6-3
2. Giorgi Khmiadashvili (LW) def. O'CONNELL, William (PC)     6-7, 6-3, 6-4
3. SPROUSE, Zachary (PC) def. Daniel Elston (LW)                  6-3, 6-1
4. Edward Becker (LW) def. BRIGHAM, Andrew (PC)                6-3, 6-3
5. Harry Kelleher (LW) def. CROCKER, Nathan (PC)                 6-1, 6-3
6. ASIS, Gonzalo (PC) def. Steed Johnson (LW)                        6-3, 7-5

Doubles
1. BERGHAUS/O'CONNELL (PC) def. Elston/Khmiadashvili (LW)     8-4
2. BRIGHAM/SPROUSE (PC) def. Becker/Kelleher (LW)                   8-3
3. Tanaka/Johnson (LW) def. SNEAD, Edward/CROCKER (PC)        8-7