Men's Tennis Drops Close Decision to Augustana

Wednesday, February 8

Sioux Falls, S.D.

6 p.m.

South Dakota State University

Augustana

Photo by: Inertia Sports Media/Dave Eggen

2/9/2017 7:56:00 AM | Men's Tennis

Box Score

The South Dakota State men's tennis team dropped a 5-4 decision to Augustana Wednesday in Sioux Falls.

At No. 3, Marco Paulo Castro and Chuck Tang won the lone doubles point, defeating Reed Ritterbusch and Trae Olson, 8-6.

Emerson Styles fought a hard battle to upend Zachary Adkins, 6-2, 4-6, 10-3 at No. 1 singles.

Tang dropped Andrew Johnson, 6-1, 6-1 at No. 5 singles and Jonny Higham captured a 6-2, 6-3 win over Joe Sawatzke at No. 4 singles.

The Jacks travel to Colorado to take on Denver on Saturday.

Singles
No. 1 – Emerson Styles (SDSUM) def. Zachary Adkins (AUGIE) 6-2, 4-6, (10-3)
No. 2 – Charlie Adkins (AUGIE) def. Marco Paulo Castro (SDSUM) 6-4, 6-3?
No. 3 – Logan Barr (AUGIE) def. Gabriel Santos (SDSUM) 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (12-10)
?No. 4 – Jonny Higham (SDSUM) def. Joe Sawatzke (AUGIE) 6-2, 6-3
No. 5 – Chuck Tang (SDSUM) def. Andrew Johnson (AUGIE) 6-1, 6-1
?No. 6 – Mark DeSpiegler (AUGIE) def. Elliot Ward (SDSUM) 7-6 (7-4), 6-3

Doubles
No. 1 – Charlie Adkins/Zachary Adkins (AUGIE) def. Emerson Styles/Jonny Higham (SDSUM) 8-4
No. 2 – Logan Barr/Joe Sawatzke (AUGIE) def. Gabriel Santos/Elliot Ward (SDSUM) 9-7?
No. 3 – Marco Paulo Castro/Chuck Tang (SDSUM) def. Reed Ritterbusch/Trae Olson (AUGIE) 8-6