Men's Tennis Battles with No. 21 Purdue Northwest, Falls 4-2
For the third-straight match, Carson-Newman faced a ranked team and battled hard with them.
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JEFFERSON CITY, Tenn. – For the third-straight match, Carson-Newman faced a ranked team and battled hard with them.
Carson-Newman (4-3) dropped a home contest to No. 21 Purdue Northwest (13-3) in the first-ever meeting between the two sides, 4-2.
The bright side of the match was the doubles pairings, where the Eagles were able to take the point from the Pride, but dropped four of the first five singles flights that clinched the match for PNW.
"Doubles was fantastic," Carson-Newman Men's Tennis head coach Nathan Gangelhoff said. "I told the boys, I have zero complaints about doubles. We executed a lot of great shots. (Court) three doubles was down early, they fought back. Out execution for doubles is very, very high."
In singles, Boris Jordanov made his dual match debut while Leonard Baecker recorded the lone win of the singles flights for the Eagles on court five.
SINGLES RESULTS
No. 1: Marnix Van Dalen (C-N) vs. #59 Alex Miguel van Lumich Lozano (PNW) 6-0, 5-7, 6-6 (6-4), unfinished
No. 2: Samuel Dickson (PNW) def. Gjorgji Jankulovski (C-N) 6-4, 6-7, 10-6
No. 3: Daniel Chicano i Melero (PNW) def. Paul Gayk (C-N) 2-6, 7-6, 10-5
No. 4: Joao Martins (PNW) def. Matthew Saunders (C-N) 6-1, 6-2
No. 5: Leonard Baecker (C-N) def. Francisco Lanusse (PNW) 6-2, 6-1
No. 6: Daniel Sroka (PNW) def. Boris Jordanov (C-N) 6-0, 6-1
The Eagles were able to clinch the doubles point with a strong performance from the No. 1 pairing of Gjorgji Jankulovski and Louis Keenan.
DOUBLES RESULTS
No. 1: Gjorgji Jankulovski/Louis Keenan (C-N) def. Alex Miguel van Lumich Lozano/Samuel Dickson (PNW) 6-3
No. 2: Marnix Van Dalen/Paul Gayk (C-N) def. Joao Martins/Francisco Lanusse (PNW) 6-4
No. 3: Matthew Saunders/Leonard Baecker (C-N) vs. Daniel Sroka/Daniel Chicano i Melero (PNW) 3-5, unfinished
Carson-Newman is back in action on Wednesday, March 19 to resume conference action against Tusculum at 2 p.m. from the Charles A. "Buddy" Catlett Tennis Complex in Jefferson City. As always, admission is free.
Tusculum is also coming off a match against Purdue Northwest on Monday, where the Pioneers fell 4-3 in another close contest with the Pride.
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