Mercer Pushes ETSU to Brink on Friday

Friday, April 12

Macon, Ga.

2:30 p.m.

Mercer University

ETSU

Photo by: Mitch Robinson

4/12/2019 6:48:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Results (PDF)

Olivier Stuart remains undefeated in SoCon play

By: Gerrit W. Van Genderen

MACON, Ga. – The Mercer men's tennis team pushed Southern Conference-leading ETSU to the brink in a 4-3 loss at the Leroy Peddy Tennis Center on Friday afternoon.

Junior Olivier Stuart remained undefeated in SoCon singles play with a straight-sets victory (6-1, 6-0) over Frazier Rengifo, who entered the match with a 12-1 (5-0) record in No. 1 singles. Stuart, who has won 11 of his last 12 singles matches, improved 15-5 overall and 6-0 in No. 1 singles.

Mercer fell to 10-13 (3-3 SoCon) on the season while ETSU moved to 16-4 (6-0 SoCon).

The Bucs took the doubles point despite Stuart and Nicolas Guillon's 6-4 victory over Rengifo and Yusuf Khamis on court one. The action then shifted to singles play, where Stuart opened with his straight-sets win. The two teams would trade blows throughout singles action with Guillon and David Georgadze earning wins on court two and five, respectively. Tied, 3-3, the match came down to court four, where Mercer suffered a two-set loss, clinching ETSU's victory.

Doubles (Order of Finish: 3,2,1)
1. Olivier Stuart/Nicolas Guillon (MER) def. Yusuf Khamis/Frazier Rengifo (ETSU), 6-4
2. Chris Mikrovas/Miguel Este (ETSU) def. Stathis Tsiranidis/David Georgadze (MER), 7-5
3. David Gonzalez/Sergi Fontcuberta (ETSU) def. Carver Arant/Fernando Guardia (MER), 6-3

Singles (Order of Finish: 1,6,2,3,5,4)
1. Olivier Stuart (MER) def. Frazier Rengifo (ETSU), 6-1, 6-0
2. Nicolas Guillon (MER) def. Sergi Fontcuberta (ETSU), 6-2, 6-2
3. Juan Lugo (ETSU) def. Stathis Tsiranidis (MER), 6-4, 6-3
4. Yusuf Khamis (ETSU) def. Carver Arant (MER), 7-5, 7-6
5. David Georgadze (MER) def. David Gonzalez (ETSU), 6-4, 6-4
6. Miguel Este (ETSU) def. Sachin Khurana (MER), 6-2, 6-2

Next Up
Mercer concludes its regular season against Samford at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Leroy Peddy Tennis Center. Three Mercer seniors will be honored at a Senior Day ceremony prior to the match.

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