The Stetson men's tennis team won every match except a forfeit Wednesday afternoon at Bethune-Cookman. The Hatters swept all three doubles matches and took five of the six singles competitions.
Joey Jones improved his season singles record to 4-2 as he continued to dominate. He defeated Stefan James, 6-1, 6-2 in the #4 singles match to win his third straight and later paired with Serguei Boulanov for an 8-2 doubles win. Boulanov also recorded a singles victory, taking out Thabani Sithole in the #1 competition, 6-4, 6-3.
The Hatters improved to 2-4 and have won their last two matches. Bethune-Cookman dropped to 0-2.
Stetson returns home Saturday for an 11:30 AM match against former A-Sun rival Florida Atlantic at the Mandy Stoll Tennis Center.
Results
Stetson 6, Bethune-Cookman 1
Singles competition
1. BOULANOV, Serguei (STET) def. SITHOLE,Thabani (BCCM) 6-4, 6-3
2. LAALEJ, Hicham (STET) def. CRUZ,Christian (BCCM) 6-4, 6-0
3. KRICKA, Filip (STET) def. WARD,Jerome (BCCM) 6-4, 6-0
4. JONES, Joey (STET) def. JAMES,Stefan (BCCM) 6-1, 6-2
5. DZUBA, Peter (STET) def. JACKSON,Yannick (BCCM) 6-2, 6-4
6. GOMEZ,Edson Luiz (BCCM) def. TEAM (STET), by forfeit
Doubles competition
1. ECHTLER, Marcus/KRICKA, Filip (STET) def. SITHOLE,Thabani/CRUZ,Christian (BCCM) 8-3
2. JONES, Joey/BOULANOV, Serguei (STET) def. WARD,Jerome/JACKSON,Yannick (BCCM) 8-2
3. LAALEJ, Hicham/DZUBA, Peter (STET) def. JAMES,Stefan/GOMEZ,Edson Luiz (BCCM) 8-1
Match Notes:
Stetson 2-4
Bethune-Cookman 0-2
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (6,4,2,3,5,1)
T-2:43 A-19