Bears Steamroll Wofford, Head To SoCon Semifinals

Thursday, April 17

Chattanooga, Tenn.

10:30 a.m.

Mercer University

Wofford

Bears Steamroll Wofford, Head To SoCon Semifinals

4/17/2025 2:08:00 PM | Men's Tennis

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By: Todd Anderson, anderson_t02@mercer.edu

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Howell Burns and Esteban Davila Gasser registered a 7-3 tiebreaker victory on Court No. 3 to clinch the key doubles point, and second-seeded Mercer rolled to three-straight wins in singles competition to easy by seventh-seeded Wofford, 4-0, in quarterfinal action at the Southern Conference Championship on Thursday.

It is the eighth win in the last nine outings for Mercer (12-6) who improved to 6-9 all-time at the SoCon Championship, while also picking up its fifth-straight win in the series with the Terriers (6-13). The Bears will now advance to Friday's semifinals at Champions Club in Chattanooga, Tenn., where they will lock horns with third-seeded Samford (17-5) for the second time in six days. Start time for that matchup is scheduled for 10 a.m.

Wofford set the early tone when Robbie Young and Jack Deveney teamed up to register a 6-2 victory in the featured doubles match, but Hod'Abalo Isak Padio and Amen Prince Gandonou evened up doubles play a few minutes later when they finished off an equally-as-dominant 6-2 win on Court No. 2.

Marceau Fouilhoux opened singles competition with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Hugo Rask, and the Bears moved to the cusp of an early finish when Tom Hagelauer turned in a 7-6, 6-4 ouster of Ian Rasheed at No. 4 singles. Howell Burns won the bookends of his matchup with Owen Dooley at No. 6 singles to provide the match-clincher.