Men's Tennis 5/4/2014 12:00:00 AM

No. 23 GRU Augusta Starts NCAA Regional With 5-2 Win

AUGUSTA, Ga. –The fifth-seeded GRU Augusta Jaguars broke seed in the opening round of the NCAA Southeast Regional with a 5-2 victory over the fourth-seeded Georgia College Bobcats on Sunday afternoon at Bacon Park in Savannah, Ga.

The Jaguars (19-6) advance to the final on Monday, May 5th to take on the No. 1 Armstrong Pirates (16-6) at 2:00 p.m. in Savannah. The tournament-hosting Pirates are coming off a 5-0 win over USC Aiken in their first round of play.

The Jaguars' No. 16 due of Victor Cabellos and Victor Guimaraes outlasted the Bobcats in the first doubles meeting – taking an 8-6 victory over Yannick Hass and Alex Schubert. Romain Brunie and teammate Romani Ferreria shined for GRU at number two doubles with an 8-6 win, before Maxime Coulomb and Joao Gabriel Freitas rounded out the third GRU victory with an 8-4 score.

GRU went down 2-0 in singles play after GC's No. 22 Yannick Hass defeated Victor Cabellos and Alex Schubert downed Romain Ferreria. Down by two sets, the Jags got two wins when Roman Brunie won a three-set series over Anton Waern. Victor Guimaraes in the number four singles slot came up with back-to-back 6-4 wins to give the Jaguars the boost they needed to prevail 5-2 in the match.

NCAA DII Southeast Regional Page

#23 GRU Augusta 5, #22 Georgia College 2

May 04, 2014 at Savannah, Ga. (Bacon Park)

Singles competition

1. #22 Yannick Hass (GC-M) def. Victor Cabellos (GRUAMT) 7-5, 6-3

2. Alex Schubert (GC-M) def. Romain Ferreria (GRUAMT) 6-4, 6-1

3. Romain Brunie (GRUAMT) def. Anton Waern (GC-M) 7-6 (15-13), 6-1

4. Victor Guimaraes (GRUAMT) def. Mattia Campus (GC-M) 6-4, 6-4

5. Taylor Powell (GC-M) vs. Joao Freitas (GRUAMT) 5-7, 6-6, unfinished

6. Kyle Kinsler (GC-M) vs. Gustav Anderson (GRUAMT) 2-6, 6-1, 4-1, unfinished

Doubles competition

1. #16 Victor Cabellos/Victor Guimaraes (GRUAMT) def. #17 Yannick Hass/Alex Schubert (GC-M) 8-6