MARS HILL, N.C. – Lees-McRae men's tennis earned the 7-0 victory at Mars Hill on Thursday afternoon.
Ezequiel Arce and
Andrew Kunaka collected straight-set victories at singles for the Bobcats on the day.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Lees-McRae - 7; Mars Hill - 0
LOCATION: Hart Tennis Complex – Mars Hill, North Carolina
RECORDS: Lees-McRae (4-4), Mars Hill (0-8)
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- The Bobcats picked up the doubles point with a sweep of the doubles matches. Max Borisov and Cole Gibson recorded the 6-4 win at No. 1 doubles and Kunaka and Andy Tallafigo collected the 7-5 victory at No. 2 doubles. Arce and Hudson Hoskins completed the sweep for Lees-McRae with the 6-4 decision at No. 3 doubles.
- Borisov continued his winning ways at No. 1 singles with a 2-6, 6-1, 6-0 win over Mars Hill's Diego Lopez.
- Kunaka earned the straight-set victory over Mars Hill's Emiel Tidman, 6-2, 6-3, and Arce followed at No. 3 singles with a 6-4, 6-2 win.
- Tallafigo completed the comeback with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 win at No. 4 singles and Gibson answered with a 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4 decision at No. 5 singles.
- Hoskins completed the sweep of the singles matches with a 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4), 1-0 (10-5) at No. 6 singles.
UP NEXT:
Lees-McRae hosts three matches next week in Banner Elk starting with Illinois Springfield on Tuesday, March 12 at 1 p.m.
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