VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – The Frostburg State Men's Tennis team concluded their Spring Break trip to Virginia Beach with losses to Hampton, Shaw, and Virginia Wesleyan.
 
Against the Division I Pirates, freshman Sergi Rodriguez secured the lone meet point with a 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 5 singles. FSU was able to earn another win in the meet, as freshmen Tiago Iser and Nate Carter took a 6-2 victory in No. 3 doubles. Hampton still was able to secure the doubles point and five of the six singles matches for a 6-1 final.
 
In the second match against Shaw, the Bobcats picked up a pair of singles wins, as senior Cole Alcala won a marathon 2-6, 7-5, 6-4 match at No. 2, while freshman Gabriel Carrillo took a 7-6, 6-4 sweep at No. 3. Rodriguez and Carrillo also combined for a 6-2 doubles win, however the Bears narrowly won 7-5 at both Nos. 1 and 3, taking the meet score 4-2.
 
Closing out the week against Division III Virginia Wesleyan, Carrillo and Rodriguez picked up another victory in No. 2 doubles at 6-3, however the Marlins took the other two matches for the meet point. In singles play, Rodriguez earned a 7-6, 6-3 sweep for Frostburg's first point, then Carrillo (4-6, 6-3, 7-5) and Iser (6-4, 1-6, 6-2) took three-set wins to pull even in the meet. The result would come down to the top singles spot, where Alcala narrowly fell 6-2, 3-6, 7-5, allowing VWU to take the meet 4-3.
 
With the losses, Frostburg drops to 4-5 on the year and will return to action on Friday, March 27 for a road match against West Liberty at 3 p.m. Information and updates will be posted to frostburgsports.com.
 
Doubles Play – Hampton
Rafael Padilha / Aryan Arora def. Cole Alcala / German Diaz 7-5
Benedict Badza / Kohei Konishi def. Gabriel Carrillo / Sergi Rodriguez 7-5
Tiago Iser / Nate Carter def. Benjamin Mwanza / Jude Killikelly 6-3
 
Singles Play – Hampton
Rafael Padilha def. Cole Alcala 7-5, 6-2
Kohei Konishi def. German Diaz 6-3, 2-6, ret.
Benedict Badza def. Tiago Iser 6-2, 6-1
Aryan Arora def. Gabriel Carrillo 6-1, 6-4
Sergi Rodriguez def. Jude Killikelly 6-2, 6-1
Benjamin Mwanza def. Jason Haley 6-3, 6-2
 
Doubles Play – Shaw
­Edoardo Brustia / Andres Ayala def. Cole Alcala / German Diaz 7-6
Gabriel Carrillo / Sergi Rodriguez def. Carlos Alcala / Scott Ndengoue 6-2
Kristian Bilojelic / Franco Vedda def. Tiago Iser / Nate Carter 7-6
 
Singles Play – Shaw
Kristian Bilojelic def. Tiago Iser 6-4, 6-3
Cole Alcala def. Edoardo Brustia 2-6, 7-5, 6-4
Gabriel Carrillo def. Franco Vedda 7-6, 6-4
Andres Ayala def. Jason Haley 6-0, 6-0
Carlos Alcala def. Otto Hintermister 6-0, 6-2
 
Doubles Play – Virginia Wesleyan
Ayaan Choudhary / Jed Platts def. Cole Alcala / Tiago Iser 6-3
Gabriel Carrillo / Sergi Rodriguez / Alen Curovic / Frieso ter Schiphorst 6-3
Josh Buckland / Hovo Madanyan def. Jason Haley / Nate Carter 6-0
 
Singles Play – Virginia Wesleyan
Ayaan Choudhary def. Cole Alcala 6-2, 3-6, 7-5
Tiago Iser def. Josh Buckland 6-4, 1-6, 6-2
Gabriel Carrillo def. Hovo Madanyan 4-6, 6-3, 7-5
Sergi Rodriguez def. Olaf Van der Stam 7-6, 6-3
Frederik Bethkenhagen def. Jason Haley 6-2, 6-1
Natan Aerts def. Otto Hintermister 6-0, 6-0