Visiting Furman Too Much For Bears

MACON – Senior Nemanja Stefanovic and sophomore Shingo Masuda both turned in straight-sets wins in singles action, but visiting Furman surrendered just seven games in sweeping through doubles action, and then tacked on a quarter of singles wins, to fuel a 5-2 win over the Bears on Tuesday afternoon at the Copelan Tennis Complex.

The setback snapped a three-match home win streak for Mercer (4-10, 0-2 SoCon) who has now faltered in five of its last six outings. The decision snapped a two-match skid for the Paladins (5-10, 2-0) who have now won three-straight road matchups.

Evan Duggal and Landon Ecarma built a 5-1 lead before finishing off a 6-2 win on Court No. 2, and Nicolas Dispas and Nico Snyder followed with a similar 6-3 victory in the featured doubles matchup to claim the early 1-0 lead on the team scoreboard.

Stefanovic yielded just one game in posting a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Theophile Joly to even up the match early in singles action, but the Paladins answered back with Duggal's 6-3, 6-3 triumph over Alex Aldaz on Court No. 4. Masuda's 6-4, 6-1 win over Dispas at No. 3 singles evened things back up on the team scoreboard once again, but the Paladins raked in the remaining singles points, including two via straight sets.

Mercer is back in action again on Thursday when it treks to southeast Alabama to take on Sun Belt Conference foe Troy (12-4). First serves are scheduled for 11:30 a.m. ET.

Players Mentioned

Alex Aldaz

Shingo Masuda

Nemanja Stefanovic

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