JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. - #43 Carson-Newman men's tennis (11-7, 9-2 South Atlantic Conference) wins their third straight match after defeating Mars Hill (4-14, 2-8 SAC) 6-1 on Tuesday.
"The men's team had a slow start in a close doubles match but were able to forget about it to get the job done in singles play," head coach Felipe Charry said. "The game put us closer to our goal of finishing top 3 in the conference."
Carson-Newman's victory moves them past #31 Anderson (12-3, 8-2 SAC) for third place in the conference, although Anderson could move back into third if they defeat Catawba (6-11, 4-6 SAC) on Wednesday.
Carson-Newman's win over Mars Hill marks the 11th time this season that the Eagles have outscored their opponents by five or more points. The Eagles have a +43 point differential in conference play, ranking second in the conference in that category. Wingate (14-2, 9-0 SAC) is first with a +46 point differential.
Doubles
Lars Hordijk and Marnix Van Dalen secured Carson-Newman's one-winning doubles set when they defeated Diego Lopez and Marcos Martinez 6-4. Hordijk and Van Dalen lead all Eagles with 11 wins as a pair.
Ids Waterbolk and Gjorgji Jankulovski dropped their match against Faris Hadzisadikovic and Youssef Ardouni 7-6. Marc Janse and Rintaro Oka lost 6-4 to Jose Roa and Eliot Deknuydt.
Carson-Newman lost the doubles portion of the match for the first time since their Mar. 2nd matchup with Wingate University. The Eagles are 10-1 when winning the doubles point and 1-6 when losing the doubles point.
Singles
Janse, the ITA's 72nd-ranked singles player in Division II, took on Hadzisadikovic in the one spot. Janse won the first set 6-0 to record his second bagel of the season. Janse carried the momentum into the second set, winning 6-1. Janse is 9-3 as Carson-Newman's one player this season.
Jankulovski extended his win streak to 11 when he defeated Diego Lopez 6-1, 7-6, and 7-5. The win marks Jankulovski's first as Carson-Newman's two-player. Jankulovski leads all Eagles with 15 singles victories.
Oka took down Deknuydt in the three spot. Oka won in sets of 6-3 and 6-4 to win the matchup. The Japan native has collected four of his seven wins as Carson-Newman's three-player.
Ids Waterbolk defeated Roa 6-4 in the first set but fell 6-2 in the second. Waterbolk rallied in the third set to win 7-5, marking his 10th win of the season.
Javier Crespo Sanchez saw his first singles action in 27 days by taking on Ilija Martinovic in the six spot. Crespo Sanchez won in consecutive sets of 6-1 to mark his fourth of the season.
Lars Hordijk won his first set 6-1 against Martinez, but Martinez retired in the second set to give the Eagles the fifth set point.
The Eagles need to win against Newberry (7-10, 4-6 SAC), and Anderson needs to lose to either Catawba or Wingate for the Eagles to finish the season third in the conference.
Doubles action against Newberry is scheduled for 1:00 P.M. in Newberry, S.C.
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