Men's Tennis Drops Road Contest to Lenoir-Rhyne

HICKORY, N.C. – The Mars Hill men's tennis team dropped a South Atlantic Conference match against Lenoir-Rhyne, 6-3, on Thursday, February 25. MHU drops to 3-6 overall and 0-3 in the SAC.

Alberto Ortiz dropped his first set against Patrick Bauer 1-6, but rallied to take the next two by scores of 6-4, 6-1 to capture the singles victory. Sam Lee also tallied a singles victory with a straight set win over Filip Dobrosavljevic (6-4 and 7-5).

Markus Gattner and Ben Reid were able to take the only doubles win for the Lions on the afternoon, downing Tomas Hons and Matthew Ledford 8-6.

Lenoir-Rhyne 6, Mars Hill 3

 Singles competition

1. Alberto Ortiz (MHUM) def. Patrick Bauer (LR) 1-6, 6-4, 6-1

2. Tomas Hons (LR) def. Markus Gattner (MHUM) 6-3, 7-5

3. Shane O'Dea (LR) def. Ben Reid (MHUM) 6-4, 6-4

4. Alex Crespo Sanchez (LR) def. Carlos Riesco (MHUM) 6-1, 7-5

5. Sam Lee (MHUM) def. Filip Dobrosavljevic (LR) 6-4, 7-5

6. Matthew Ledford (LR) def. Blake Covington (MHUM) 7-5, 6-1

 Doubles competition

1. Patrick Bauer/Shane O'Dea (LR) def. Alberto Ortiz/Sam Lee (MHUM) 8-4

2. Markus Gattner/Ben Reid (MHUM) def. Tomas Hons/Matthew Ledford (LR) 8-6

3. Filip Dobrosavljevic/Alex Crespo Sanchez (LR) def. Blake Covington/Carlos Riesco (MHUM) 8-3

Match Notes:

Mars Hill 3-6, 0-3 SAC

Lenoir-Rhyne 4-3, 1-0 SAC

Order of finish: Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (4,3,5,1,2,6)