MOBILE, Al. – No. 9 Harford opened its weekend with a statement win over No. 11 USC Sumter, Sunday morning inside the Mobile Tennis Center.
Harford jumps to 2-0 with the victory.

How it Happened
The Fighting Owls weathered an early storm from the Fire Ants in all three doubles matches. Harford eventually took two of three with late comebacks, winning both via tiebreaker.

In singles, No. 1 Harry Collins cruised to victory and so did Finlay Rowan at four. In need of one more point to come away as the victors, Finlay Rowan pulled off a dominate 6-1, 6-1 victory to seal the deal.

#9 Harford 5, #11 USC Sumter 4

Singles Competition
1.       Harry Collins (HCC) def. Israel Rojas (SC) 6-3, 6-1
2.       Heimanarii Lai San (USC) def. Pablo Lopez Real (HCC) 4-6, 7-5, 10-6
3.       Josep Coll Lloris (HCC) def. Lucas Rodrigues (USC) 6-4, 6-3
4.       Finlay Rowan (HCC) def. Jorjay Paladines (USC) 6-1, 6-1
5.       Albert Rocard (USC) def. Jan Adamec (HCC) 7-6, 6-0
6.       Jaime Sione (USC) def. Adria Aguilar Guerrero (HCC) 7-5, 6-3

Doubles Competition
1.       Collins/Coll Llopis (HCC) def. Lai Son/Paladines (USC) 8-7
2.       Lopez Real/Rowan (HCC) def. Rodriguez/Cruz (USC) 8-7
3.       Rojas/Romero (USC) def. Verdu/Aguilar Guerrero (HCC) 8-3

Up Next
The Fighting Owls continue their battle down south, this time with No. 4 Cowley County.