University
of Florida junior Stephane Piro (Marseille, France) dropped his first
round match in the NCAA Singles Championships on Wednesday at the Khan Outdoor
Tennis Complex at the Atkins Tennis Center.
Piro,
who was in his first semester wearing the Orange and Blue, fell to Washington’s
No. 17 Kyle McMorrow, 6-0, 6-0, to cap his debut collegiate singles slate with
a 15-9 overall record. McMorrow, a 6-3 senior, used his powerful serve
throughout the match and allowed few break points.
Piro,
however, isn’t finished at the NCAA Individual Championships. He teams with senior
Bob van Overbeek (Boca Raton, Fla.) in the 32-team doubles event that
gets underway on Thursday afternoon. The No. 20-ranked Gator pair, which enters
the event with a 13-9 record, meets Pepperdine’s Francis Alcantara and Finn
Tearney in a start time to be determined late Wednesday evening. Pepperdine
beat Florida in dual match play, 4-1, in February at the ITA National Indoors,
but Piro and van Overbeek did not face the Waves’ No. 43-ranked duo of
Alcantara and Tearney.
