Mercer Men Fall in SoCon Championship Semifinals

Friday, April 19

Macon, Ga.

8:15 p.m.

Mercer University

Furman

Photo by: Todd Drexler

Mercer Men Fall in SoCon Championship Semifinals

4/20/2019 6:22:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Sixth-seeded Bears defeated by No. 2 Furman, 4-0

By: Gerrit W. Van Genderen

MACON, Ga. – The Mercer men's tennis team was eliminated from the 2019 Southern Conference Championship with a 4-0 loss to second-seeded Furman in the semifinals on Saturday at the John Drew Smith Tennis Center.

The match originally started on Friday night before play was suspended due to rain. Another rain delay on Saturday morning pushed the match into the afternoon. Mercer ended its season at 11-15 overall and reached the SoCon Championship semifinal round for the third consecutive year.

A 6-3 win by Olivier Stuart and Nicolas Guillon on court one in doubles play proved to be the Bears' lone victory of the day. Furman took the doubles point with wins on courts two and three and put the match away with three victories in singles action.

Doubles (Order of Finish: 2,1,3)
1. Olivier Stuart/Nicolas Guillon (MER) def. Ivan Mitric/Jake Munns (FUR), 6-3
2. Jake Bhangdia/Clarke Wilson (FUR) def. Stathis Tsiranidis/David Georgadze (MER), 6-0
3. Drew Singerman/Henrik Atlevi (FUR) def. Carver Arant/Fernando Guardia (MER), 7-5

Singles (Order of Finish: 5,6,2)
1. #107 Olivier Stuart (MER) vs. Ivan Mitric (FUR), 6-4, 4-3 (unfinished)
2. Clarke Wilson (FUR) def. Nicolas Guillon (MER), 6-2, 6-3
3. Stathis Tsiranidis (MER) vs. Jake Munns (FUR), 4-6, 6-4, 0-1 (unfinished)
4. Carver Arant (MER) vs. Jake Bhangdia (FUR), 6-3, 3-6, 1-0 (unfinished)
5. Drew Singerman (FUR) def. David Georgadze (MER), 6-2, 6-3
6. James Roelofse (FUR) def. Fernando Guardia (MER), 6-4, 6-3

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