Mercer Men Defeated on Road at #15 Tennessee

Sunday, March 31

Knoxville, Tenn.

4:30 p.m.

Mercer University

Tennessee

4/1/2019 6:50:00 AM | Men's Tennis

Results (PDF)

Bears fall in penultimate nonconference match of the season

By: Gerrit W. Van Genderen

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The Mercer men's tennis team suffered a 7-0 defeat to No. 15 Tennessee on the road in nonconference play on Sunday at the Goodfriend Tennis Center.

Mercer moved to 9-10 overall this season while the nationally-ranked Volunteers improved to 14-6.

Doubles (Order of Finish: 1, 2)
1. #31 Timo Stodder/Preston Touliatos (UT) def. Olivier Stuart/Nicolas Guillon (MER) 6-1
2. Adam Walton/Scott Jones (UT) def. Stathis Tsiranidis/David Georgadze (MER) 6-1
3. Andrew Rogers/Pat Harper (UT) vs. Fernando Guardia/Carver Arant (MER) 3-3, unfinished

Singles (Order of Finish: 6, 1, 2, 3, 4)
1. #66 Timo Stodder (UT) def. #114 Olivier Stuart (MER) 6-0, 6-2
2. Scott Jones (UT) def. Nicolas Guillon (MER) 6-3, 6-1
3. Luca Wiedenmann (UT) def. Stathis Tsiranidis (MER) 6-3, 6-4
4. Martim Prata (UT) def. Carver Arant (MER) 6-4, 7-5
5. Andrew Rogers (UT) def. Fernando Guardia (MER) 7-6 (10-8), 6-2
6. Pat Harper (UT) def. David Georgadze (MER) 6-1, 6-2

Next Up
Mercer hosts Georgia Southern on Wednesday, April 3 at the Leroy Peddy Tennis Center in its final nonconference match of the year.

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