CHARLOTTE, NC -- The LMU men's tennis team (1-6, 0-3 SAC) dropped a rare Leap Day South Atlantic Conference match at Queens (6-1, 4-0 SAC) by a score of 7-2 Monday afternoon.
Queens won all three doubles matches to take the 3-0 lead going into singles play. The No. 3 doubles flight saw
Joshua Coulthard and
Guilherme Rocha fall to QU's Will ROberson and Jordan Owens by a close 8-5 score. The No. 1 and No. 2 flights both saw the Royals win by 8-4 margins.
In singles action, Queens won at No. 1 and No. 2 to take the match victory. At No. 3 singles LMU's
Joshua Peress had a close match with Andor Vas that nearly went to a third set as Peress fell 6-4, 7-6 (7-5). At No. 4 singles
Pepe Batalla fell 8-6 to Goivanni Setti.
The Railsplitters then picked up wins at No. 5 and No. 6 to earn their only points of the match.
David Segarra defeated Ole-Jacon Meum 9-7 at No. 5 and Rocha won over Roberson 8-5.
LMU will play their next three matches on the road. First up will be Anderson this Friday at 2 p.m. followed by Mars Hill on Saturday at 1 p.m.
Queens 7, Lincoln Memorial 2Singles competition
1. #32 Per-Erik Soler (QU) def.
Moritz Hoerner (LMU) 6-2, 6-1
2. Jules Athalis (QU) def.
Joshua Coulthard (LMU) 6-2, 6-1
3. Andor Vas (QU) def.
Joshua Peress (LMU) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)
4. Giovanni Setti (QU) def.
Pepe Batalla (LMU) 8-6
5.
David Segarra (LMU) def. Ole-Jacob Meum (QU) 9-7
6.
Guilherme Rocha (LMU) def. Will Roberson (QU) 8-5
Doubles competition
1. #14 Andor Vas/Per-Erik Soler (QU) def.
David Segarra/
Carlos Zunino (LMU) 8-4
2. Jules Athalis/Giovanni Setti (QU) def.
Pepe Batalla/
Joshua Peress (LMU) 8-4
3. Will Roberson/Jordan Owens (QU) def.
Joshua Coulthard/
Guilherme Rocha (LMU) 8-5
Match Notes
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (1,2,4,3,5,6)