Mercer University
Ga. Southern
Men's Tennis Outlasts Georgia Southern, 4-3
3/24/2015 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
MACON, Ga. – The Mercer men's tennis team finished the non-conference slate of its season with a 4-3 victory over Georgia Southern on Tuesday afternoon at the LeRoy Peddy Tennis Center.
Mercer played its third match in five days, including two non-conference opponents. As with No. 60 Alabama on Sunday, the Bears won the doubles point to take an early 1-0 lead in the match.
Arsav Mohanty won his singles match (6-1, 6-3) at flight four to give the Mercer a 2-0 lead, before Georgia Southern took two straight matches to knot the score at 2-2. Anderson Scarpa won 6-4, 6-4 at the number three spot before Arnav Mohanty fell 7-5, 6-3 at flight one to tie the score again, 3-3.
Sam Philp played the only three-set match of the day, dropping his first set, 3-6, and winning the second, 6-3, to force a third, which he won, 6-4, to clinch the win for the Orange and Black.
"This was a good win for our team today," said Head Coach Eric Hayes. "As a team, the players must keep developing a killer instinct mentality. When you get a team down, you must finish; and that's what we did today."
Mercer will continue Southern Conference play on Saturday, March 28 at Wofford at 2:00 p.m.
Mercer 4, Georgia Southern 3
March 24, 2015 | Macon, Ga. | LeRoy Peddy Tennis Center
Singles
1. Ristomatti Lanne (GSU) def. Arnav Mohanty (MER) 7-5, 6-3
2. Sam Philp (MER) def. Albert Codina Sala (GSU) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
3. Anderson Scarpa (MER) def. Kyle Hoffman (GSU) 6-4, 6-4
4. Arsav Mohanty (MER) def. Christian Kerrigan (GSU) 6-1, 6-3
5. Joan C. A. Llinares (GSU) def. Manuel de Luis (MER) 6-1, 6-4
6. Jose E. Landin Lopez (GSU) def. Ruben Vanoppen (MER) 6-4, 6-1
Doubles
1. Ristomatti Lanne/Kyle Hoffman (GSU) def. Arnav Mohanty/Arsav Mohanty (MER) 8-7 (7-1)
2. Austin Emmet/Oliver Snaider (MER) def. Nico de Groof/Albert Codina Sala (GSU) 8-3
3. Sam Philp/Anderson Scarpa (MER) def. Christian Kerrigan/Joan C. A. Llinares (GSU) 8-7 (6-4)
Match Notes:
Georgia Southern 5-10
Mercer 8-11
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (4,6,5,3,1,2)
T-3:45
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