Liberty University
Lipscomb
Flames Close Out Weekend With 5-2 Win at Lipscomb
3/21/2021 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
The Flames men's tennis squad closed out the weekend with a 5-2 ASUN road win over the Lipscomb Bisons, Sunday afternoon at the Huston-Marsh-Griffith Tennis Center.
Liberty completes a 2-0 weekend, which featured its first two ASUN victories at North Alabama and Lipscomb. The Flames are 11-5 overall and lead the North Division of the conference with a 2-0 mark. Lipscomb falls to 5-5 overall and 1-1 in the ASUN.
Thoughts From Head Coach Derek Schwandt
"It was a solid team push today as we faced some adversity."
Liberty 5, Lipscomb 2
Singles Competition
1. CAFFARENA, Pablo (LIP_M) def. Nicaise Muamba (LIBERTYM) 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
2. R. Marques Da Silva (LIBERTYM) def. ORTEGON, Jorge (LIP_M) 6-2, 6-2
3. Deji Thomas-Smith (LIBERTYM) def. BOGDANOVICH, Maksim (LIP_M) 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)
4. URIBE, Pedro (LIP_M) def. Christiaan Worst (LIBERTYM) 6-4, 7-6 (7-3)
5. Thando Longwe-Smit (LIBERTYM) def. SALAS-TULLA, Carlos (LIP_M) 6-0, 6-2
6. Goncalo Ferreira (LIBERTYM) def. PENNY, Jake (LIP_M) 6-0, 6-2
Doubles Competition
1. Christiaan Worst/Deji Thomas-Smith (LIBERTYM) def. ORTEGON, Jorge/URIBE, Pedro (LIP_M) 6-3
2. Nicaise Muamba/R. Marques Da Silva (LIBERTYM) def. CAFFARENA, Pablo/BOGDANOVICH, Maksim (LIP_M) 6-4
3. GARCIA-NIETO, Gon./PENNY, Jake (LIP_M) def. Goncalo Ferreira/Thando Longwe-Smit (LIBERTYM) 6-4
Liberty 11-5, 2-0 ASUN
Lipscomb 5-5, 1-1 ASUN
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (2,3,4,1,5,6)
Official: Reeves T-3:10
How It Happened
• Liberty claimed two of the three doubles contests to take the first point of the match for a 1-0 lead. The Flames' Nicaise Muamba and Rafael Marques Da Silva put the visitors over the top in the doubles session with their team-leading 10th doubles win, a 6-4 result over the Bisons' Pablo Caffarena and Maksim Bogdanovich.
• Liberty's No. 1 unit, Christiaan Worst and Deji Thomas-Smith, also secured a win. The duo defeated Jorge Ortegon and Pedro Uribe 6-3. The Bisons' one doubles triumph came on court three, a 6-4 win from Gonzalo Garcia-Nieto and Jake Penny versus Goncalo Ferreira and Thando Longwe-Smit.
• Reigning ASUN Player of the Week Marques Da Silva helped Liberty to a 2-0 lead in the match with his 6-2, 6-2 win against Ortegon at No. 2 singles. One court over (No. 3 singles), the Flames' Deji Thomas-Smith stretched the lead to three points by besting Bogdanovich 6-2, 7-6 (3).
• Lipscomb responded to the three-point deficit with victories in the No. 4 and No. 1 positions, respectively. Uribe of the Bisons knocked off the Flames' Worst in consecutive sets, 6-4, 7-6 (3). Lipscomb's top singles competitor, Caffarena, snapped Muamba's six-match winning streak. Caffarena prevailed 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, cutting Liberty's lead to one, 3-2.
• The Flames' No. 5 and 6 singles players, Longwe-Smit and Ferreira, provided the fourth and fifth points of the match for Liberty. Longwe-Smit earned a 6-0, 6-2 victory against Carlos Salas-Tulla to clinch the match, and Ferreira delivered a 6-0, 6-2 win as well over Penny.
• Since joining the lineup on March 4, Longwe-Smit is 5-1 in singles across three different spots in the lineup (1-0 No. 4, 2-0 No. 5, 2-1 No. 6).
• Liberty improves to 2-0 all-time versus Lipscomb.
Next Up
• Liberty will play a non-conference home match versus UNCW (7-2), Friday. Match time between the Flames and Seahawks is slated for noon at the Liberty Tennis Complex.
• The Flames are in search of their first victory against the Seahawks. UNCW holds the all-time series lead 7-0. The two teams last met on Feb. 9, 2018, a 6-1 triumph for the Seahawks in Wilmington, N.C.
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
1,3,2
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
2,3,4,1,5,6