Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – The St. Thomas Men's Tennis team opened its 2018 Sun Conference schedule with a resounding 9-0 win over 18th ranked SCAD-Savannah on Saturday afternoon at the STU Tennis Courts.

The Bobcats earned three wins, one by default, in doubles play to take a 3-0 lead to make an early statement.  In number one doubles, Kevin Cubela and Mauricio Fernandez won 8-5 over the Bees' top double team.  Rasmus Lindstrom and Francisco Velasquez won 8-3 in number two doubles, ensuring the sweep in doubles play as the number three team of Dimitri Bird and Fabrice Bissainthe won by default.

Leading 3-0 in doubles play, the Bobcats did not lose a set in singles competition to take the 9-0 sweep.  Cubela won handily in number one singles 6-0, 6-1.  Lindstrom battled to a 7-5 win in the first set of number two singles play, then ran away with the second set 6-2.  Velasquez took care of business 6-3, 6-3 in number three singles.  In no. 4 singles, Bird was dominant with a 6-1, 6-2 victory.   Bissainthe completed the sweep in singles play with a strong 6-1, 6-2 win.  Fernandez won number six singles by default to give the Bobcats the 9-0 team win.

On the women's side, 25th ranked St. Thomas fell to #5 ranked SCAD Savannah 7-2.  The Bobcats earned wins by the no. 2 doubles team of Victoria Slavina and Mariah Bastos (8-4) as well as a win by Natdeilys de Armas Acosta(6-2, 6-4) in no. 6 singles.

Sun Conference play continues for both the Bobcat Men's and Women's Tennis teams on Saturday, Feb. 10 vs. Coastal Georgia in Brunswick, Ga.  Competition begins at 9 a.m.