Spring Break Day 4

On Tuesday the Men's and Women's tennis teams headed down to Brunswick, GA to take on The College of Coastal Georgia. The College of Coastal Georgia is a tough NAIA team, and it wasn't going to be easy going for the Warhawks.

On the Women's side The College of Coastal Georgia only had 4 available players so already the Warhawks started off up 3-0. 1 and 2 doubles played well, but the different formations the Coastal Georgia team played at 1 doubles made them a very tough team to beat. The Warhawks ended up splitting 1 and 2 doubles both scores were 8-2. The Lady Warhawks headed into singles up 4-1. All of the singles players played great, and non of the singles players lost more than 2 games in a set.  Due to their great singles play the Lady Warhawks ended up closing out the 8-1 victory.

On the Men's side The College of Coastal Georgia was tough throughout. It was a very windy day, but the Warhawks excelled in the conditions. The Warhawks lead 2-1 after doubles with 2 doubles falling 8-5. In singles there wasn't an easy match. Erik Scanlan at 4 singles, Brian Klein at 6 singles, and Mitch Osborne at 3 singles were the only Warhawks to win their first set. Soon though Andrew Bayliss was able to win his second set at 2 singles to force their match into a third set. Around the same time Klein was dropping his second set, and going into a third set as well. Scanlan was able to close out his second set for a straight set victory. On courts 1 and 5 Balkin and Porter were not as lucky falling in tough straight set battles.

At this point in the match the Warhawks were tied with The College of Coastal Georgia 3-3, and needed 2 of the 3 matches remaining. Klein was pulling away in the third at 6 singles. Bayliss fell down an early break in his third set, but was fighting back. Eventually he fell 4-6 in the third and this gave Coastal Georgia the 4-3 lead. Within seconds of that match ending Klein pulled out the victory in his third set 6-1. The match was tied 4-4, and it was up to Mitch Osborne who was in a dog fight in the second set. Not even a minute after Klein had tied the match Mitch pulled out the decisive victory to give the 'Hawks the 5-4 win. It was an interesting match, and a great team win. Here are some pictures from the matches.

Here's some video from the matches as well. Check it out.

For Women's Match Scores click here

For Men's Match Scores click here