The men's tennis team traveled to USC-Sumter this past weekend to compete in The USC-Sumter Invitational. The tournament consisted of teams from Coker College, The Citadel, Benedict College of Columbia SC, SMC, and USC-Sumter.
In the opening match, Coker College defeated SMC by a score of 9-0. The Cobras from Hartsville, SC were led by Head Coach Bill Simpson.
Doubles
#1Henrik Hellbe/ Hunter Horton def. Hufelder(Jr.) Duarte/ Austin Green 8-4 #2Mark Watt/Don Allan/ def. Cody Brown/Jacob Gault 8-0 #3Felix Schweger/Walker Long def. Daniel Stacy/Clayton Hernandez 8-0
Singles
#1 Mark Watt Coker def. Hufelder(Jr.) Duarte 6-0, 6-2
#2 Henrik Hellbe Coker def. Austin Green 2-6, 6-0, 6-0
#3 Hunter Horton Coker def. Cody Brown 6-0, 6-0
#4 Felix Schweger Coker def. Jacob Gault 6-0, 6-0
#5 Don Allan Coker def. Daniel Stacy 6-0, 6-0
#6 Walker Long Coker def. Clayton Hernandez 6-0, 6-0
In the second match on Friday, Benedict College of Columbia SC, coached by Gary Taylor, def. SMC by a final score of 5-4. The Tigers clinched the match when Quentin Eloise at #2 def. SMC's
Austin Green 6-1, 6-3. The Pioneers Hufelder (Jr.) Duarte continued his stellar play with a routine 6-2, 6-2 win over the Tigers Nathaniel Pinkney. With the win Duarte improved to 4-1 on the season at #1 singles.
Doubles
#1Nathaniel Pinkney/Quentin Eloise Benedict def. Duarte/Green SMC 8-7 #2Juan Hernandez/Armando Flores Benedict def. Brown/Gault SMC 8-4 #3Daniel Stacy/Clayton Hernandez SMC won by walkover
Singles
#1Hufelder(Jr.) Duarte SMC def. Nathaniel Pinkney Bebedict 6-2, 6-2 #2Quentin Eloise Benedict def. Austin Green SMC 6-1, 6-3 #3Juan Hernandez Benedict def. Cody Brown SMC 6-1, 6-1 #4Armando Flores Benedict def. Jacob Gault SMC 6-0, 6-0 #5Daniel Stacy SMC won by walkover #6Clayton Hernandez won by walkover
On Saturday February 11 SMC, lost to The Citadel by a final score of 8-1. The Bulldogs from Charleston SC, were led by Hall of Fame Coach Chuck Kriese. The #1 doubles team of Hufelder(Jr.) Duarte (Johns Island, SC) and
Austin Green (Moore SC), played an excellent match and def. The Citadels #1duo of Roy Hobson and Matthew Henson by a score of 8-4. In singles, The Citadels Mike Anzalone exacted revenge on Duarte, one week later, by a score of 6-4, 6-4. The #1 singles match was played at an extremely high level of tennis, with both players trying to grind out a hard fought victory.
Doubles
#1Hufelder(Jr.) Duarte/
Austin Green SMC def.Roy Hobson /Matthew Henson 8-4 #2Issac Stolar/Connor Grady The Citadel def
Cody Brown/
Jacob Gault 8-0 #3Mike Anzalone/Trey Davis The Citadel won by walkover
Singles
#1Mike Anzalone The Citadel def. Hufelder(Jr.) Duarte SMC 6-4,6-4 #2Noah Noawabi The Citadel def.
Austin Green SMC 6-1,6-2 #3Roy Hobson The Citadel def.
Cody Brown SMC 6-0, 6-0 #4Trey Davis The Citadel def.
Jacob Gault SMC 6-1,6-0 #5Issac Stolar The Citadel def.
Daniel Stacy SMC 6-0,6-0 #6Matt Henson The Citadel won by walkover.
The next match for SMC is this Saturday February 18 at North Greenville University at 1pm.
