Men's Tennis Wins Second Straight, Edges Tennessee State 4-3 at Home

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – In front of a packed Beaman Family Tennis Complex crowd Friday afternoon, the Belmont University men's tennis team defeated crosstown conference rival Tennessee State 4-3. Avenging their earlier Horizon League loss to the Tigers in March, the Bruins (9-10, 3-2 Horizon) used strong singles play to get past Tennessee State after dropping the doubles point.
 
Belmont put together four straight-set singles victories, primarily in the second half of the lineup, for the key league win.
 
The Tigers (3-16, 2-3 Horizon) swept doubles play, including winning a pair of tiebreak sets on courts two and three. Tennessee State's brother duo of Nicholas and Alexander Adamec edged senior Eli Mizerski and sophomore Morgan Woodson 7-3 at the No. 3 spot to secure the doubles point and give the visitors a 1-0 lead in the Music City matchup.
 
Mizerski quickly responded at No. 4 singles, dismissing the Tigers' Nicholas Adamec 6-1, 6-1 to even the match at 1-1.
 
Sophomore Charlie Robin cruised to a 6-0 first set win against Tennessee State's Mete Koseoglu at second singles before taking set two, 6-4, to give the Bruins the lead.
 
The Tigers evened the match at 2-2 when James Adler Germinal topped Woodson 6-4, 6-2 at third singles. However, graduate Will Ecklund put Belmont one match away as he bested Tennessee State's Christopher Bogelin 6-4, 6-2 at No. 5 singles.
 
It was freshman Bautista Durrels Rojo who clinched the match for the Bruins, doing so at the sixth singles spot with a 6-2, 6-3 victory against the Tigers' Tatenda Mutetwa.
 
In the final match of the afternoon, senior Sabi Roi forced a third-set super tiebreaker at the top of the lineup. Taking on Tennessee State's Taj Hibbert, Roi fought back from a 7-5 opening set tiebreaker that didn't go his way by winning the second 6-4. In the deciding 10-point breaker in lieu of the third set, Hibbert prevailed 10-7.
 
Up Next
Belmont will have over a week off from match play, returning to action next Saturday, April 18 when the Bruins host Tennessee Tech for senior day. First serve from the Beaman Family Tennis Complex in Nashville is slated for 2 p.m.
 
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