SUMTER, S.C.-No. 28 nationally ranked and third seeded Lees-McRae College posted a 5-0 victory over No. 6 seed Barton College in the quarterfinals of the 2011 Conference Carolinas Men's Tennis Tournament hosted by Erskine College on Friday morning at the Palmetto Tennis Center.
A sweep in doubles play and victories in the fourth and sixth singles flights improved the Bobcats overall record to 8-8. Lees-McRae – ranked eighth in the Southeast Region – will next play second seeded Limestone College in the semifinals on Saturday. No. 17 regionally ranked Barton ended its season with a 10-10 overall record.
The other singles matches were stopped after LMC reached its fifth team point to advance.
Lees-McRae 5, Barton 0
Singles Competition
Cesar Grobel (BC) vs. Nandar Solymosi (LMC) no result
Gabriel Araujo (BC) vs. Travis Von Hoy (LMC) no result
PA Desilets (BC) vs. Alexander Hayes (LMC) no result
Pedro De Sousa Nunes (LMC) def. Renato Mendes (B) 6-3, 6-1
Diego Salinas (BC) vs. Callum Loveridge (LMC) no result
Graham Battle (LMC) def. Leandro Peron (BC) 6-0, 4-6, 6-1
Doubles Competition
Nandar Solymosi/Travis Van Hoy (LMC) def. Cesar Grobel/Gabriel Araujo (BC) 8-5
Pedro De Sousa Nunes/Graham Battle (LMC) def. Diego Salinas/Renato Mendes (BC) 9-7
Alexander Hayes/Callum Loveridge (LMC) def. Leandro Peron/PA Desilets (BC) 8-1
