ANDERSON, S.C. -- Friday's match between the Railsplitter tennis team (1-7, 0-4) and Anderson (6-2, 4-1 SAC) went down to the wire, but the Railsplitters were unable to pick up the win as they fell to Anderson 5-4.
Anderson took two out of the three doubles matches. LMU's
David Segarra and
Guilherme Rocha picked up the win at No. 3 doubles as they had to go to a tiebreaker to defeat Juan Carracedo and Inaki Iriberri 9-8 (7-3). AU picked up an 8-3 win at No. 1 doubles and the 8-5 win at No. 2 doubles.
In singles play, Anderson picked up wins at No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 singles to take the match.
Joshua Peress picked up the win at No. 4 singles over Paul Calhoun 6-4, 6-1, Segarra won 3-6. 6-3, 11-9 at No. 5 singles over Iriberri and Rocha won at No. 6 6-2, 7-5 over Ramiro Urreta.
Pepe Batalla's flight at No. 2 singles versus Mateo Rivas went to three sets 6-2, 2-6, 6-3.
LMU travels to Mars Hill for a SAC match tomorrow. First Serve is set for 1:00 p.m.
Anderson 5, Lincoln Memorial 4Singles competition
1. Aljaz Cajzek (AU-M) def.
Moritz Hoerner (LMU) 7-6, 6-2
2. Mateo Rivas (AU-M) def.
Pepe Batalla (LMU) 6-2, 2-6, 6-3
3. Juan Carracedo (AU-M) def.
Joshua Coulthard (LMU) 6-2, 6-2
4.
Joshua Peress (LMU) def. Paul Michael Calhoun (AU-M) 6-4, 6-1
5.
David Segarra (LMU) def. Inaki Iriberri (AU-M) 6-3, 3-6, 11-9
6.
Guilherme Rocha (LMU) def. Ramiro Urreta (AU-M) 6-2, 7-5
Doubles competition
1. Mateo Rivas/Aljaz Cajzek (AU-M) def.
Joshua Coulthard/
Carlos Zunino (LMU) 8-3
2. Nicolas Ascarrunz/Paul Michael Calhoun (AU-M) def.
Pepe Batalla/
Joshua Peress (LMU) 8-5
3.
David Segarra/
Guilherme Rocha (LMU) def. Juan Carracedo/Inaki Iriberri (AU-M) 9-8, 7-4