HARROGATE, Tenn. - The LMU men's tennis team took their battle with Union College to the last match, but came up just a little short in falling 3-4 here Sunday afternoon.
 
Union got the deciding point in a tense battle at #2 singles, where LMU's Fabian Sjokvist and UC's Sebastiano Zorzi locked horns for three-plus hours before Zorzi closed out the match 7-6, 3-6, 6-4. Sjokvist fought off three match points in the third set before Zorzi forced two backhand errors to grab the final game and give the match to the Bulldogs.
 
"Fabian gave us everything he had this weekend, and while he came up a bit shy of the win, he can hold his head high for his effort," said coach Marc Walters, who saw his team drop to 1-2 on the season.
"If we get this kind of work from the guys over the next two months we have a good shot at reaching some goals in the conference and set us up for next year," said Walters.
 
Just a day after dropping all three doubles in their match against The University of the Cumberlands, the Railsplitters took them all to start the day and grabbed an early 1-0 lead. Singles wins by Xavi Marti and Jake Tuchmann pushed the 'Splitters to the brink of a win, but UC countered by winning the final four courts, all in three sets.
 
LMU is off until next Sunday when they host Bellarmine (KY) University, in a inter-regional match. The match will be held at the LMU Indoor Tennis Center.