BREVARD, NC – The LMU men's tennis team picked up their first South Atlantic Conference win of 2017 as they defeated Brevard 8-1 Saturday afternoon.

LMU swept the doubles flights, with Xavier Marti/Joshua Peress defeating JR Davis/Tom Mittring 8-6; David Segarra/Pepe Batalla beating Cre Still/Will Christiansen 8-5; and Jake Tuchmann/Carlos Zunino winning 8-3 over Christoph Plasa/Tim Hengst (BC).

In singles play, LMU won all but one of the flights. At No. 2 Peress defeated Mittring 6-3, 6-3 while Marti bested Davis at No. 3 6-0, 6-3. Batalla won over Hengst 6-3, 6-3 at No. 4, Segarra defeated Christiansen 6-3, 6-4 at No. 5 and Hoerner won over Plasa 6-2, 6-1.

With the win, the Railsplitters improve to 2-0 on the season and 1-0 in SAC play.

LMU is scheduled to host Union College Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the LMU Tennis Complex.
 
Lincoln Memorial 8, Brevard 1

 Singles competition
1. Cre Still (BC) def. Joshua Coulthard (LMU) 6-3, 6-3
2. Joshua Peress (LMU) def. Tom Mittring (BC) 6-3, 6-3
3. Xavier Marti (LMU) def. JR Davis (BC) 6-0, 6-3
4. Pepe Batalla (LMU) def. Tim Hengst (BC) 6-3, 6-3
5. David Segarra (LMU) def. Will Christiansen (BC) 6-3, 6-4
6. Moritz Hoerner (LMU) def. Christoph Plasa (BC) 6-2, 6-1

 Doubles competition
1. Xavier Marti/Joshua Peress (LMU) def. JR Davis/Tom Mittring (BC) 8-6
2. David Segarra/Pepe Batalla (LMU) def. Cre Still/Will Christiansen (BC) 8-5
3. Jake Tuchmann/Carlos Zunino (LMU) def. Christoph Plasa/Tim Hengst (BC) 8-3

Match Notes:
Lincoln Memorial 2-0, 1-0 SAC
Brevard 1-4, 0-2 SAC
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (4,1,2,3,6,5)