The No. 2 ranked Dalton State men's tennis team knocked-off visiting Georgetown (Ky.) College, 9-0, Saturday at the Lakeshore Park Tennis Center. 

The Roadrunners, playing without junior Adam Hornby who in Equador with the Barbados David Cup team, started out with a strong doubles showing and finished it off even stronger.

"The guys did a great job stepping up today and locking up a 9-0 win against a talented Georgetown squad," said DS Coach Zack Rogers. "The doubles lines had a new look today with Adam out this week, but we still managed to take all three lines. I was proud of how the guys played in singles today and we competed at a level that was worthy of a top five ranking. There were a lot of positives, but we have to continue to improve if we expect to be a player in the nationals. We've got to show more leadership and have a more tactical approach to our doubles play.


Doubles:

1.  Edberg Espinoza/Joe Bray (DS) def. Tristan Nosek/Ryo Takeda (GC) 8-5,
2.  Jose Ruda/Nikolay Nikiforov (DS) def. Austin Colliver/Cole McCreary (GC) 8-3
3.  Seb Dartnell/David Draghiceanu (DS) def. Ryan Simms/Kaushik Kailash (GC) 8-5

Singles:

1. Edberg Espinoza (DS) def. Ryo Takeda (GC) 6-1, 6-1
2. Nikolay Nikiforov (DS) def. Ryan Simms (GC) 7-5, 6-1
3. Jose Ruda (DS) def. Tristan Nosek (GC) 4-6, 6-2, 10-8
4. Joe Bray (DS) def. Cole McCreary (GC) 6-1, 6-1
5. Sebastian Dartnell (DS) def. Austin Colliver (GC) 6-0, 6-1
6. David Draghiceanu (DS) def. Kaushik Kailash (HC) 6-1, 6-1


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