HARROGATE, Tenn. – The LMU men's tennis team improved to 9-2 on the year with the 7-2 win over Illinois-Springfield Thursday afternoon.

LMU picked up wins at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles. At No. 2, 2. Xavier Marti (Tortosa, Spain)/Joshua Peress (Montreal, Quebec) defeated Sam Clarke/David Perez 8-4 while At No. 3 Pepe Batalla (Barcelona, Spain)/David Segarra (Sabadell, Spain) won over Christian Timm/Riley Muren 8-4.

In singles play, LMU won all but No. 1, which was retired by Joshua Coulthard (Staindrop, England) due to injury. Peress won 3-6, 6-3, 10-5 over Cole Buehnerkemper at No. 2 while Batalla defeated Logan Burgess-Hayes 6-3. 3-6. 10-7 at No. 3. At No. 4, Segarra defeated Perez 6-0, 6-7, 10-8, Moritz Hoerner (Erlangen, Germany) won over Muren 6-0, 6-0 at No. 5 and at No. 6, Carlos Zunino (Samborondon, Ecuador) defeated Grant Fitsimmons 4-6, 6-2, 10-6.

LMU hosts Young Harris Saturday at 2 p.m.
 
Tennis Match Results
Illinois-Springfield vs Lincoln Memorial
Mar 16, 2017 at Harrogate, TN
(LMU Tennis Complex)
Lincoln Memorial 7, Illinois-Springfield 2
 Singles competition
1. Sam Clarke (UIS) def. Joshua Coulthard (LMU) 4-0, retired
2. Joshua Peress (LMU) def. Cole Buehnerkemper (UIS) 3-6, 6-3, 10-5
3. Pepe Batalla (LMU) def. Logan Burgess-Hayes (UIS) 6-3, 3-6, 10-7
4. David Segarra (LMU) def. David Perez (UIS) 6-0, 6-7, 10-8
5. Moritz Hoerner (LMU) def. Riley Muren (UIS) 6-0, 6-0
6. Carlos Zunino (LMU) def. Grant Fitzsimmons (UIS) 4-6, 6-2, 10-6
 
 Doubles competition
1. Cole Buehnerkemper/Logan Burgess-Hayes (UIS) def. Joshua Coulthard/Jake Tuchmann (LMU) 8-5
2. Xavier Marti/Joshua Peress (LMU) def. Sam Clarke/David Perez (UIS) 8-4
3. Pepe Batalla/David Segarra (LMU) def. Christian Timm/Riley Muren (UIS) 8-4
 
Match Notes:
Illinois-Springfield 4-5
Lincoln Memorial 9-2
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (1,3,4,2,5,6)