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MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The Majors traveled to Montgomery, Ala. to compete in the Small College Blue and Gray Classic. The Majors drew a tough first round opponent in Freed-Hardeman who was ranked #4 in the NAIA national rankings. Freed-Hardeman jumped all over the Majors, defeating them by a score of 9-0.
Russell Turley had set point and fell to Francisco Redondo ranked #9. Trevor Harris lost Brian Ly from Australia ranked #31, and Tim Shoptaugh had the match of the day playing last year’s All-American Ivan Besancon of France at the #2 position. Russell & Tim’s doubles opponents were Everton Silva of Brazil and Bruno Andrade of Brazil are #15 in the rankings and proved too experienced in their doubles match.
The Majors second match was against Abraham Baldwin – a Junior College national power ranked #6 in the JUCO rankings. All of the Majors opponents were ranked, but were put to a strong test by our team in nighttime play. The Majors lost 7-0. This brings the season record to 7-9, 0-4.
The results from the Abraham Baldwin match are below.
Singles
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Justin Pickham (ABAC) def. |
Russell Turley (MC) |
6-0, 6-0 |
Justin Flynn (ABAC) vs. |
Tim Sheptaugh (MC) |
DNF |
Karim Belhadj (ABAC) def. |
Wes Hill (MC) |
6-0, 6-1 |
Jayraj Jadeja (ABAC) vs. |
Michael Puckett (MC) |
DNF |
Pedro Bruno (ABAC) vs. |
Trevor Harris (MC) |
DNF |
Matt Belenchia (ABAC) vs. |
Chris Rolen (MC) |
DNF |
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Doubles |
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Pickham/Nikola Prpic (ABAC) def. |
Turley/Sheptaugh (MC) |
8-3 |
Belhadj/Jadeja (ABAC) def. |
Travis Scharr/Jeff Newbern (MC) |
8-3 |
Bruno/Lico Mejia (ABAC) def. |
Hill/Harris (MC) |
8-2 |
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