HARROGATE, Tenn. -- Despite wins at the No. 4 and No. 5 flights, The Railsplitter men's tennis team (1-3) fell to King (2-3) 7-2 Thursday afternoon at the LMU Tennis Complex.

After King swept LMU in doubles play, the Tornado picked up wins at the Nos. 1,2,3 and 6 flights to take the match.

Joshua Peress picked up the 6=1, 6-1 win over King's Philipp Lindauer at No. 4 singles to remain undefeated on the season. David Segarra picked up LMU's other win at No. 5 over Jannis Walter 7-6, 6-0.

LMU's losses in singles play were all close with KU's Moritz Poswiat defeating Joshua Coulthard 6-3, 6-4 at No. 1 while No. 2 (Luis Delgado over Moritz Hoerner) and No. 6 (Kyle Loque over LMU's Guilherme Rocha) were 6-4, 6-3 decisions. LMU's Pepe Batalla also lost a close match at No. 3 singles, falling 7-6, 6-3 to Lenny Keswani. 

Peress and Batalla lost a close match at No. 2 doubles as they fell for the first time this season to King's Lindauer and Walter by an 8-6 margin.

LMU opens up SAC play this weekend as they travel to Wingate on Saturday and Catawba on Sunday.

King 7, Lincoln Memorial 2

Singles competition
1. Moritz Poswiat (KING) def. Joshua Coulthard (LMU) 6-3, 6-4
2. Luis Delgado (KING) def. Moritz Hoerner (LMU) 6-4, 6-3
3. Lenny Keswani (KING) def. Pepe Batalla (LMU) 7-6, 6-3
4. Joshua Peress (LMU) def. Philipp Lindauer (KING) 6-1, 6-1
5. David Segarra (LMU) def. Jannis Walter (KING) 7-6, 6-0
6. Kyle Loque (KING) def. Guilherme Rocha (LMU) 6-4, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Moritz Poswiat/Luis Delgado (KING) def. Moritz Hoerner/David Segarra (LMU) 8-2
2. Philipp Lindauer/Jannis Walter (KING) def. Pepe Batalla/Joshua Peress (LMU) 8-6
3. Kyle Loque/Lenny Keswani (KING) def. Joshua Coulthard/Guilherme Rocha (LMU) 8-4