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SAN DIEGO, Calif. – The Merrimack College men's tennis team faced off against another nationally ranked program on Tuesday afternoon, taking on the 13
th-ranked program in NAIA in San Diego Christian. Seniors
Mikhail Belov and
Frank Vega won at first doubles (9-8 (7-3)), but the Warriors suffered an 8-1 loss against the Hawks at the Lake Murray Tennis Club.
The Basics
Score: San Diego Christian 8,
Merrimack 1
Records: Merrimack (8-6) | San Diego Christian (7-5)
Location: Lake Murray Tennis Club | San Diego, Calif.
Results
Doubles
Singles
| 1. TELLEZ, Alonso (SDC) def. Mikhail Belov (MERM) 6-1, 6-1 |
| 2. MELIUK, Aliaksandr (SDC) def. Denis Davydov (MERM) 6-4, 6-2 |
| 3. SAMARDZIJA, David (SDC) def. Frank Vega (MERM) 6-3, 6-2 |
| 4. LINDQVIST-NILSSON, C (SDC) def. Alex Fedorov (MERM) 7-5, 6-2 |
| 5. TIDIMANE, Innocent (SDC) def. Paul Weidinger (MERM) 6-0, 6-0 |
| 6. ANDEREGG, Nicola (SDC) def. Tyler Clontz (MERM) 6-1, 6-1 |
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Rapid Recap
- The Warriors won the first point of their California trip at the top doubles flight, seeing the senior tandem of Belov and Vega prevail in a tiebreaker. The veterans faced a deadlock after 16 games, and rallied to win the breaker in 10 points, 7-3
- Junior Tyler Clontz and sophomore Paul Weidinger hung in at No. 3 flight, but dropped an 8-5 match for the second straight day, which guaranteed a lead for SDC entering the singles portion of the match
- All six singles matches lasted two sets and went in favor of the hosts. Junior Alex Fedorov dropped down to fourth singles, and nearly pulled out a victory in the first set, but lost by two games (7-5)
Up Next:
Merrimack will have one day off before returning to action on Thursday with its first match against a Division II opponent this week, playing Biola University at 5 p.m.
