Saturday, February 25
Macon, Ga.
2 p.m.
Mercer University
5
vs
2
Fairfield University
Bears Take Down Fairfield
2/25/2023 7:13:00 PM | Men's Tennis
MACON, Ga. –  The Mercer men's tennis program (6-6) defeated Fairfield (1-5) on Saturday afternoon, 5-2, at the Randy Stephens Tennis Center.
All three doubles pairs won to claim the first point for the Bears. Mariano Argote/Samuel MacLeod won their sixth doubles match this season. The pairs of Nemanja Stefanovic/Marceau Foulihoux and Samuel Barrow/Lucas Dini each won their second doubles match of the week.
Foulihoux, who leads the team with nine singles wins, claimed the second point for Mercer with a 6-3, 6-2 win on court five. MacLeod notched the next point for Mercer with a 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) win on court four.
On court six, Barrow won the clinching point for the Bears with a 7-5, 6-4 victory. After dropping the first set 6-4, Dini fought back to win the second in a tiebreak 7-6 (7-4) to force a third set 10-point tiebreak which he won, 11-9.
Argote came extremely close to a win on court one as both sets he dropped were in tiebreaks, falling 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 1-0 (10-7).
UP NEXT: Mercer will travel to face Jacksonville State on Wednesday, March 1 at 10 a.m.
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All three doubles pairs won to claim the first point for the Bears. Mariano Argote/Samuel MacLeod won their sixth doubles match this season. The pairs of Nemanja Stefanovic/Marceau Foulihoux and Samuel Barrow/Lucas Dini each won their second doubles match of the week.
Foulihoux, who leads the team with nine singles wins, claimed the second point for Mercer with a 6-3, 6-2 win on court five. MacLeod notched the next point for Mercer with a 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) win on court four.
On court six, Barrow won the clinching point for the Bears with a 7-5, 6-4 victory. After dropping the first set 6-4, Dini fought back to win the second in a tiebreak 7-6 (7-4) to force a third set 10-point tiebreak which he won, 11-9.
Argote came extremely close to a win on court one as both sets he dropped were in tiebreaks, falling 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 1-0 (10-7).
UP NEXT: Mercer will travel to face Jacksonville State on Wednesday, March 1 at 10 a.m.
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FOLLOW THE BEARS:
For complete coverage of Mercer Men's Tennis, please follow the Bears on social media at @MercerMTennis (Twitter) or visit the official home of Mercer Athletics at MercerBears.com.Â
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Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,3,1
#1 Singles Match
123
Kaya Gore / 0 [FFD]
731
660
#2 Singles Match
12
Jonathan OliveBlanco / 0 [FFD]
66
21
#3 Singles Match
123
Tolunay Sumer / 0 [FFD]
660
471
#4 Singles Match
12
Keean Shah / 0 [FFD]
26
67
#5 Singles Match
12
Kostas Kollias / 0 [FFD]
32
66
#6 Singles Match
12
Griffin Schlesinger / 0 [FFD]
54
76
Order of Finish:
5,2,4,6,3,1
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