Montreat, NC – The Bees took on the Montreat Cavaliers in an Appalachian Athletic Conference matchup in North Carolina. Entering the competition, SCAD Women's Tennis was ranked #9 while Men's Tennis was ranked #23. Montreat Women's Tennis played with a short roster of 5 individuals, so the women played two doubles instead of three, and five singles instead of six. SCAD automatically won the remaining matches. The Bees dominated the meet, sweeping all six singles matches and capturing the doubles point to secure the 7-0 win. SCAD Men's Tennis played a couple longer matches, rounding out the competition with a 5-2 victory.
WOMEN'S SINGLES
- Carmine Becoude (Cotonou, Benin / Advertising & Branding) def. Clara Roman 6/1 - 6/0
- Anastasija Stojanovic (Prokuplje, Serbia / Fashion) def. Catalina Pan 6/4 - 6/4
- Manuella Eloundou (Yaounde, Cameroon / Business Management) def. Yamile Cuiza 6/0 - 6/3
- Adrianna Kluska (Glogow, Poland / Interior Design) def. Ana Marija Horvacki 6/2 - 6/1
- Nella Kusa (Szczecin, Poland / Advertising & Branding) def. Kathryn Salazar 6/0 - 6/0
- Point for SCAD (insufficient Montreat players)
WOMEN'S DOUBLES
- Talbi and Kluska vs Pan and Roman 5/1 (unfinished)
- Stella De Vera (Rogers, Ark. / Industrial Design) and Joann Leijten (Amsterdam, Netherlands / Film & Television) def. Horvacki & Cuiza 6/0
- Point for SCAD (insufficient Montreat players)
MEN'S SINGLES
- Valentino Capararo (Reconquista, Argentina / UX Design) def. Ben Smith 6/1 - 6/1
- Joewyn Pascua (Manila, Philippines / Advertising & Branding) loss to Vitor Monteiro 3/6 - 5/7
- Maximo Nagele (Tenerife, Spain / UX Design) def. Lucas Descalzi 6/4 - 4/6 - 7/5
- Nicolas Fertonani (Santa Fe, Argentina / Advertising & Branding) def. Fabrizio Moreno 6/4 - 6/2
- Firas Ben Chouikha (Tunis, Tunisia / UX Design) loss to Youssef Idboufous 2/6 - 6/4 - 8/10
- Jakub Bojarski (Tarnãw, Poland / Advertising & Branding) def. Paul Saemann 6/3 - 6/3
MEN'S DOUBLES
- Pascua and Ben Chouikha def. Stolevski and Saemann 6/3
- Fertonani and Capararo loss to Descalzi and Monteiro 4/6
- Nagele and Bojarski def. Idboufous and Moreno 7/6 (7-1)
WHAT'S NEXT? The Bees returns to action on March 28th to take on Milligan University in Tennessee.
