HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (March 5, 2018) – The Salem University Tigers men's tennis team opened its participation in the Hilton Head Spring Fest with a hard fought 7-2 loss to Ferris State University.

Ferris State University opened the season in the top 25 of the ITA's NCAA Division II tennis rankings.  Salem University managed take a doubles match, a singles match and take three others to three sets.

Patryk Garwacki and Gregor Lanier continued a nice run with a victory over Ferris State's Daniil Tarantinov and Austin Debruyne, winning 8-4.

After losing his first set in singles 7-6, Garwacki recovered to win the second set 6-3, falling short 6-1 in the third. Ivan Arevalo won his first set 6-3 but dropped the next two 7-5 and 10-7. Lainer won his first set 6-4 but dropped his next two.

Landon Schultz-Zwahr won his match against Simon Levy in two sets, winning 6-2 and 7-5. With the loss, Salem drops to 4-7. They will play Monday, March 5 at 8:30 a.m. against Newberry College.

Results

Doubles

Stew Sell/Nur Adim Ramdani Iswan (FSU) def. Carlos Padilla/Andres Padilla (SU) 8-0
Patryk Garwacki/Gregor Lainer (SU) def. Daniil Tarantinov/Austin Debruyne (FSU) 8-4
Pablo Munox Baroja/Mathis Guerre (FSU) def. Ivan Arevalo/Landon Schultz-Zwahr (SU) 8-1

Singles

Stew Sell (FSU) def. Patryk Garwacki (SU) 6-7(5), 6-3, 6-1
Daniil Tarantinov (FSU) def. Ivan Arevalo (SU) 3-6, 7-5, 10-7
Pablo Munoz Baroja (FSU) def. Gregor Lainer (SU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-2
Mathis Guerre (FSU) def. Andres Padilla (SU) 6-1, 6-2
Austin Debruyne (FSU) def. Carlos Padilla (SU) 6-2, 6-2
Landon Schultz-Zwahr (SU) def. Simon Levy (FSU) 6-2, 7-5