6th ranked Barton men's tennis dispatches 7th ranked Seward County to open conference play #GoBarton
6th ranked Barton men's tennis dispatches 7th ranked Seward County to open conference play.
The 6th ranked Barton Community College men's tennis team opened up conference play Tuesday in Liberal with a 6-3 win over 7th ranked Seward County Community College.
The Cougars grabbed a 2-1 lead from doubles action before taking four wins in singles action to pick up the victory.
Improving to 8-2 on the season, Barton will next host 12th ranked Pratt Community College on Monday in a 1:00 p.m. first serve conference dual at Veterans' Memorial Park.
Barton benefitted by the Saints down two players, Barton earning the No. 3 doubles default win for Gustavo Campos and Marno Du Plessis while also gaining victories at the No. 5 and 6 singles for Tsholofelo Tsiang and Du Plessis.
Barnabas Kalaba was 2-0 in on-court action, teaming with Tsiang in the No. 2 doubles to win 8-6 over Antoine Adamiak and Richard Patte before the 41st ranked Cougar came out on top 6-4, 6-4 against Patte at the No. 4 singles.
Joining Kalaba with on-court wins in singles play, Fernando Andre won the first set 6-3 before needing a 7-3 tiebreak to win the No. 3 matchup against Adamiak.
Andre and No. 1 doubles partner Sebastiao Vilas dropped an 8-6 decision to Filipe Krohn Silva and Seb Holden with Vilas withdrawing in the first set of the No. 2 against 37th ranked Holden.
In the No. 1 singles matchup, the Saints' Silva won 6-2, 6-2 over 22nd ranked Campos.