FROSTBURG, Md. - The Millersville men's tennis team put up a fight against one of the nation's top teams Saturday but came up short in a 6-1 loss to No. 19 Charleston.
Charleston, ranked No. 1 in this week's NCAA Atlantic Region rankings, needed extra sets to get wins in a pair of singles matches, and a tiebreaker in the deciding doubles match. Charleston is now 16-2 with nine-straight wins. Millersville's record dropped to 9-7.
MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
• After splitting up the duo of
Carlos Martinez-Lucas and
Frank Yanni yesterday, Coach
Matt Helsel went back to his ace team against the Golden Eagles, the pairing delivered a 6-2 victory to improve to 20-3 on the season. Martinez-Lucas and Yanni are one of just four Millersville teams to win 20 matches in a season and sit just four shy of the school record. At No. 2 doubles, Millersville's
Dylan Tull and
Lino Morin took Daniel Llorente and Krish Patel to a tiebreaker but came up just short, 7-6 (7-4).
• Tull gave Millersville its lone point of the match with a win at No. 3 singles (6-0, 6-1).
Santiago Ramos won his first set in the No. 4 flight but Marshall Dagostine rallied to win 3-6, 6-4, 6-0. Jasper de Konig won his first set as well, but Felipe Girondi close out the win in the match tiebreaker, 0-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-6)
UP NEXT
• Millersville's match vs. Queens scheduled for Monday was postponed. If it is not rescheduled, Saturday's match marked the end of Millersville's regular season. The Marauders will be the No. 3 seed in the PSAC Tournament, which starts on April 29.
