HARROGATE, Tenn. -- The Railsplitter tennis team (4-7, 2-4 SAC) earned a hard-fought South Atlantic Conference victory over visiting Coker (3-7, 1-2 SAC) Thursday afternoon at the LMU Tennis Complex.

The Railsplitters finished doubles play leading 2-1 after a 9-8 come from behind win by Moritz Hoerner and Joshua Coulthard over Simon Bergnom and Henrik Hellbe at No. 1 singles and David Segarra and Guilherme Rocha defeated Felix Schweyer and William Marrafao 8-6 at No. 3. At No. 2, Pepe Batalla and Joshua Peress were narrowly defeated by Coker's Tom Sizeland and Mark Watt 9-7.

In singles play, Coker picked up wins at No. 1 and No. 2 before LMU won flights 3-6 to take the match. At No. 3 Batalla defeated Bergnom 7-5, 6-3 while at No 4 Peress won over Watt 6-1, 6-4. 

The last two flights both went to tiebreaker sets before LMU prevailed in both. No. 5 saw Segarra win over Hellbe 6-7, 6-2, 6-3 while Rocha took the win 3-6, 6-3, 10-8 win over Schweyer at No. 6

The Railsplitters will play their next two matches at home as they host Brevard on Saturday at 2 p.m. and Lenoir-Rhyne Monday at 1 p.m.

Lincoln Memorial 6, Coker 3

Singles competition
1. William Marrafao (COKERMT) def. Joshua Coulthard (LMU) 6-2, 2-1, retired
2. Tom Sizeland (COKERMT) def. Moritz Hoerner (LMU) 6-2, 6-3
3. Pepe Batalla (LMU) def. Simon Bergnom (COKERMT) 7-5, 6-3
4. Joshua Peress (LMU) def. Mark Watt (COKERMT) 6-1, 6-4
5. David Segarra (LMU) def. Henrik Hellbe (COKERMT) 6-7, 6-2, 6-3
6. Guilherme Rocha (LMU) def. Felix Schweyer (COKERMT) 3-6, 6-3, 10-8

Doubles competition
1. Moritz Hoerner/Joshua Coulthard (LMU) def. Simon Bergnom/Henrik Hellbe (COKERMT) 9-8
2. Tom Sizeland/Mark Watt (COKERMT) def. Pepe Batalla/Joshua Peress (LMU) 9-7
3. David Segarra/Guilherme Rocha (LMU) def. Felix Schweyer/William Marrafao (COKERMT) 8-6