MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. –
Andy Tallafigo used a super tiebreaker in the third set for a victory as Lees-McRae men's tennis dropped a 6-1 decision to No. 23 Mount Olive on Saturday.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: No. 23
Mount Olive – 6; Lees-McRae – 1
LOCATION: John Neal Walker Tennis Center – Mount Olive, North Carolina
RECORDS: Mount Olive (13-3/5-1), Lees-McRae (5-12/0-6)
HOW IT HAPPENED:
- Mount Olive took the doubles point with a sweep of the doubles matches. Lorenzo Ferrer Maza and Cole Gibson dropped a close 6-4 match at No. 3 doubles.
- Tallafigo picked up the opening set, 7-5, but UMO's Bram Poel forced a third set. Tallafigo bounced back for the 7-5, 1-6, 1-0 (11-9) win at No. 4 singles for the Bobcats.
- Ezequiel Arce narrowly fell in his second set tiebreaker at No. 3 singles and Andrew Kunaka battled at No. 2 singles but fell 4-6, 5-7 to Niklas Gruenefeldt.
UP NEXT:
Lees-McRae returns to Banner Elk for a "Battle for the Blue Ridge Cup" match with King on Wednesday, April 17 at 1 p.m.
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