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Bears Fall to South Florida on Saturday
2/23/2019 7:18:00 PM | Men's Tennis
MACON, Ga. – The Mercer men's tennis team dropped a 7-0 decision at South Florida Saturday afternoon.
Mercer fell behind early after the Bulls' swept the doubles competition and never bounced back. The Bears' No. 1 seeded Olivier Stuart battled the No. 25 nationally ranked Alberto Barroso-Camp hard but came up short, falling 6-4, 7-6 (3). On court No. 5, Carver Arant forced a super tiebreak but was topped, 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (12-10), by Ivan Yatsuk. Court No. 6 also saw a match go the distance as South Florida's Tobias Sonne beat Piyush Salekar, 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-4).
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The Mercer men's tennis team will return to action next Tuesday, Feb. 26, as they travel to Athens, Ga. to face the Georgia Bulldogs. Play is scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m.
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