No. 15 Blazers Take Down Rams At SSAC Tourney

MONTGOMERY, Ala-- The 15th-ranked Belhaven University Blazers defeated the University of Mobile 5-0 at the 2012 SSAC Men's Tennis Tournament Friday.

The Rams (6-5, 2-2) will host rival Spring Hill Wednesday at a time to be announced.

The Blazers' Nicolas Osario and Gabriel Prado held of the Rams' Fernando Paiva and Karlis Stonis 8-6 at No. 1 doubles, and took the other two doubles matches by 8-2 and 8-3 margins.

Jefferson Nino then won at No. 3 singles and David Mejia won at No. 5 singles to complete the sweep.

Doubles:
1. Osario/Prado (BU) def. Paiva/Stonis (UM) 8-6
2. Nino/Duarte (BU) def. Arcaro/Tristao (UM) 8-2
3. Mejia/Prado (BU) def. Correa/Marques (UM) 8-3

Singles:
1. Fernando Paiva (UM) v. Nicolas Osario (BU) DNF
2. Karlis Stonis (UM) v. Gabriel Prado (BU) DNF
3. Jefferson Nino (BU) def. Enzo Correa (UM) 6-4, 6-2
4. Lucas Tristao (UM) v. Daniel Duarte (BU) DNF
5. David Mejia (BU) def. Guilherme Arcaro (UM) 6-1, 6-2
6. Bruno Marques (UM) v. Daniel Prado (BU) DNF