Bears Drop Midweek Road Tilt With East Tennessee State

Wednesday, March 27

Johnson City, Tenn.

11 a.m.

Mercer University

East Tennessee State

Bears Drop Midweek Road Tilt With East Tennessee State

3/27/2024 3:32:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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By: Todd Anderson, anderson_t02@mercer.edu

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – East Tennessee State used a 7-5 victory on Court No. 2 to capture the early doubles point, then captured five of the six singles matchups in straight sets, to fuel a 6-1 victory over visiting Mercer on Wednesday afternoon at the Dave Mullins Tennis Complex.

The setback snapped a three-match win streak for the Bears (4-10, 2-1 SoCon) who dipped to third in the Southern Conference standings following the result. It was the second-straight win for the Bucs (6-9, 3-0) who notched their fourth home triumph of the season in the process as well.

Doubles play saw tiebreaks decide matchups on both Court Nos. 1 and 3, but East Tennessee State emerged from the rubble with the early advantage when Dimitri Badra and Adam Nagoudi emerged with the 7-5 ouster of MU's Marceau Fouilhoux and Nemanja Stefanovic.

The Bucs quickly finished off Mercer in singles play. Milledge Cossu took down Fouilhoux, 6-1 and 6-3 on Court No. 3, while Peter Kalocsai took a 6-2, 6-2 win over Lucas Dini at No. 2 singles. Francisco Lamas clinched the team win for ETSU minutes later when he finished off a 6-1, 6-4 win over Victor Putter at No. 6 singles.

Senior Samuel Barrow registered the lone team point of the day for the Orange & Black with a 6-3, 6-4 triumph over Pedro Cressoni at No. 4 singles.

The Bears will be back in action again on Saturday when they open up a three-match home stand against Alabama State (11-1). First serves are scheduled for 11 a.m. at the LeRoy Peddy Tennis Center and admission is free.