Mercer University
UCF
Men's Tennis Falls to No. 72 UCF on Sunday
2/22/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
ORLANDO, Fla. – The Mercer men's tennis team dropped a 7-0 match to No. 72 UCF on Sunday afternoon.
"We had control of the doubles point, and we let it get away from us," said Head Coach Eric Hayes. "The team ran out of gas later in the match. We'll need to address this issue with conditioning during the break we have coming up. UCF was a tougher team today."
Mercer led 4-0 and 4-1 at the number one and three doubles spots, respectively, before falling at both one and two to lose the doubles point.
The Bears were unable to rally in singles, dropping all six matches. Arnav Mohanty and Sam Philp both played their matches to three sets, however. Arnav Mohanty won his first set before Francesc Aulina came back to win (4-6, 6-3, 10-6). Philp forced a third set after winning his second and played the final set very close, but was unable to pull off the comeback (7-6, 3-6, 11-9)
Next up, Mercer will host Georgia Southwestern on March 3 at 2:30 p.m.
No. 72 UCF 7, Mercer 0
Feb. 22, 2015 | Orlando, Fla. | UCF Tennis Complex
Singles
1. Francesc Aulina (UCF) def. Arnav Mohanty (MER) 4-6, 6-3, 10-6
2. Jose Sangroniz (UCF) def. Sam Philp (MER) 7-6, 3-6, 11-9
3. Inaki Espindola (UCF) def. Anderson Scarpa (MER) 6-2, 6-1
4. Chris Barrus (UCF) def. Manuel de Luis (MER) 6-2, 6-2
5. Mariano Porter (UCF) def. Arsav Mohanty (MER) 7-5, 6-3
6. Jesse Flores (UCF) def. Ruben Vanoppen (MER) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
1. Chris Barrus/Inaki Espindola (UCF) def. Arnav Mohanty/Arsav Mohanty (MER) 8-5
2. Francesc Aulina/Reece Acree (UCF) def. Austin Emmet/Ruben Vanoppen (MER) 8-6
3. Mariano Porter/Jesse Flores (UCF) vs. Sam Philp/Anderson Scarpa (MER) 6-6, unfinished
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (3,6,4,5,2,1)
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