Bears Fall to Stetson, 5-2, on Saturday

Saturday, February 22

Macon, Ga.

2 p.m.

Mercer University

Stetson

2/22/2020 8:29:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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The Bears will travel to Georgia State on Sunday afternoon

By: Kraig Doremus

MACON, Ga. – The Mercer men's tennis team was unable to extend its winning streak to two matches as they suffered a 5-2 setback at Stetson on Saturday afternoon.

Mercer (3-6) won at No. 1 doubles when Olivier Stuart and Hugo Lobo defeated the Hatters' Antoine Sanchez and Linus Bergevi, 6-4, but the Hatters ultimately won the doubles point.

Victories in the No. 2 and 3 doubles flights forced Mercer to play from a 1-0 deficit when singles action began. Stathis Tsiranidis and David Georgadze (No. 2) lost 6-3, while Carver Arant and Lucas Wayenburg suffered a 7-5 defeat.

In singles action, Stuart, the 46^th ranked player in the ITA singles poll picked up his team-best sixth victory on the year with a 7-5, 6-2 defeat of Sanchez.

In the No. 2 position, Lobo started out strong with a 6-4 victory over Bergevi in the first set but dropped set two, which sent the match to the winner-take-all third set. Bergevi won the third set, 6-2, to claim the match.

Arant battled at No. 3, dropped the first set, 5-7, before succumbing in the final set, 1-6.

Stetson (7-2) earned victories in the No. 4 and 5 flights to claim the match victory, but Mercer's Wayenburg came away with a 6-3, 7-5 victory in straight sets over Sven Thiergard.

How it happened
DOUBLES

Stuart / Lobo def. Sanchez / Bergevi, 6-4
Thiergard / Penzkofer def. Tsiranidis / Georgadze, 6-3
Laka / Gennes def. Arant / Wayenburg, 7-5

SINGLES

No. 46 Olivier Stuart def. Antoine Sanchez, 7-5, 6-2
Linus Bergevi def. Hugo Lobo, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
Clement Hamel def. Carver Arant, 7-5, 6-1
Alexandre Hillhouse def. Stathis Tsiranidis, 6-4, 6-1
Fabian Penzkofer def. David Georgadze, 6-1, 6-1
Lucas Wayenburg def. Sven Thiergard, 6-3, 7-5

Notables

Olivier Stuart picked up win No. 6 in singles play is now 6-2 overall in the No. 1 flight
With a win at No. 6, Wayenburg reached .500 and is 4-4 overall
Stuart (three matches) and Wayenburg (two matches) both have multi-match winning streaks in singles action
Stuart and Lobo improved to a team-best 5-3 in doubles play. The pair has won three consecutive matches

Up Next
The Bears will have little time to rest as they take on Georgia State tomorrow at 4 p.m. in Statesboro.

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