DAHLONEGA | After playing the first six matches of the season on the road, the University of North Georgia tennis teams split a pair of Peach Belt Conference matches with Georgia Regents on Saturday afternoon in the teams' home openers at the UNG Tennis Complex at Yahoola Creek Park. The No. 30 Nighthawk men upended the 21
st-ranked Jaguars, 6-3, while the GRU women claimed a 7-2 win over the Nighthawks in the women's match.
The men's victory over the Jaguars snapped a seven-match winning streak for GRU.
Men's Match: No. 30 North Georgia 6, No. 21 Georgia Regents 3The Nighthawks got off to a fast start winning all three doubles matches highlighted by the top line team of
Matheus Guida and
Mateus Camasmie rallying from a late deficit to claim a 9-8 tiebreaker win.
Straight set singles victories by
Philipp Mueller (No. 2),
Julian Schoeller (No. 4) and
Alexander Reinauer (No. 5) clinched the team win for North Georgia.
Singles1. Romain Ferreira (GRUMT15) def.
Matheus Guida (UNGMT) 6-2, 6-4
2.
Philipp Mueller (UNGMT) def. Thoms Sevel (GRUMT15) 7-5, 6-1
3. Romain Brunie (GRUMT15) def.
Mateus Camasmie (UNGMT) 6-4, 6-1
4.
Julian Schoeller (UNGMT) def. Mortiz Gehlhaus (GRUMT15) 6-2, 6-2
5.
Alexander Reinauer (UNGMT) def. Joao Gabriel Frietas (GRUMT15) 6-4, 6-2
6. Arthur Andrade (GRUMT15) def.
Tomas Schneider (UNGMT) 7-5, 7-5
Doubles1.
Matheus Guida/
Mateus Camasmie (UNGMT) def. Romain Ferreira/Moritz Gehlhaus (GRUMT15) 9-8
2.
Philipp Mueller/
Julian Schoeller (UNGMT) def. Romain Brunie/Thomas Sevel (GRUMT15) 8-2
3.
Alexander Reinauer/
Tomas Schneider (UNGMT) def. Joao Gabriel Freitas/Gustav Anderson (GRUMT15) 8-4
GRU Augusta 8-2, 2-2 PBC
North Georgia 5-2, 3-2 PBC
Women's Match: Georgia Regents 7, North Georgia 2The Nighthawks first doubles team of
Felicia Baratta and
Rita Kaldawi took the opening doubles win over Monica Gonzalez and Gisela Font, 9-7, but the visiting Jaguars rallied to win the other two matches.
Baratta stayed hot for UNG and won the number one singles match in three sets. GRU rallied in the next five singles match to win them all and seal a 7-2 victory on the road. Four of the last five singles matches went to three sets, but the Jags survived for the win.
Singles 1.
Felicia Baratta (UNGWT) def. Monica Gonzalez (GRUWT15) 7-6, 4-6, 6-0
2. Aida Castany (GRUWT15) def.
Rita Kaldawi (UNGWT) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
3. Gisela Font (GRUWT15) def.
Natalia Escobar (UNGWT) 6-7, 7-6, 6-2
4. Maria Pimentel (GRUWT15) def.
Mathilde Baartvedt (UNGWT) 2-6, 6-1, 6-3
5. Maria Nadal (GRUWT15) def.
Simone Krog (UNGWT) 1-6, 6-4, 10-6
6. Amelia Pinoargote (GRUWT15) def.
Alexis Lee (UNGWT) 6-2, 6-1
Doubles1.
Felicia Baratta/
Rita Kaldawi (UNGWT) def. Monica Gonzalez/Gisela Font (GRUWT15) 9-7
2. Aida Castany/Maria Nadal (GRUWT15) def.
Natalia Escobar/
Simone Krog (UNGWT) 8-4
3. Maria Pimentel/Marie Vin (GRUWT15) def.
Nela Handac/
Mathilde Baartvedt (UNGWT) 8-6
GRU Augusta 9-2, 4-2 PBC
North Georgia 1-6, 0-5 PBC