Men's Tennis Loses First Home Match of Season

SPARTANBURG -- The SMC men's tennis team lost their first home match of the season on Thursday, 7-2 to NAIA member Emmanuel College.

Freshmen CJ Freeman picked up SMC's only individual match win, 7-6, 6-1.

SMC's Jonathan Connor had matchpoints, but lost his individual match 4-6, 6-2, 10-12.

In doubles play, Freeman and Connor won their match 8-2.

Individual results:
Matheus Barcela - 2-6, 3-6
Corey White -3-6, 3-6
David Manley -1-6, 0-6
Stephen Higginbotham -6-7, 2-6
CJ Freeman - 7-6, 6-1
Johnathan Connor - 4-6, 6-2, 10-12

Dubles results:
Barcela, White - 6-8
Manley, Higginbotham - 2-8
Freeman, Connor - 8-2

The Pioneers next play on the road on March 15 against Emmanuel.

Spartanburg Methodist College has 14 intercollegiate teams that compete in Region X of the National Junior College Athletic Association, which includes colleges in the Carolinas, Virginia, and West Virginia.

The College is in its 100th academic year of providing a quality education to students in a Christian environment. More than 90 percent of SMC graduates continue their education at other institutions of higher learning.
 
For more information please contact athletic director Mark Perdue at (864) 587-4237.