Salisbury, N.C. – The Lenoir-Rhyne Men's Tennis Team (4-6, 1-3) fell in a close, 5-4 South Atlantic Conference contest to Catawba (6-8, 1-3) Tuesday afternoon at the Johnson Tennis Center.

Lenoir-Rhyne won at No. 1 and No. 2 singles – senior Patrick Bauer (Helmstedt, GERMANY) and sophomore Tomas Hons (Valasske Mezirici, CZECH REPUBLIC), respectively – while senior Filip Dobrosavljevic (Cacak, SERBIA) prevailed in singles and doubles action despite the loss for the Bears.

Lenoir-Rhyne takes on Coker in a South Atlantic Conference match on Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m., in Hartsville, S.C.  Catawba faces Carson-Newman in Jefferson City, Tenn., in a league contest Thursday at 2:00 p.m.

NCAA Division II Men's Tennis Final
Catawba 5, Lenoir-Rhyne 4
March 1, 2016
Salisbury, N.C. (Johnson Tennis Center)

Singles competition:
1. Patrick Bauer (LR) def. Jack Mordey (CAT), 6-0, 7-6
2. Tomas Hons (LR) def. Lucas Miller (CAT), 6-7, 6-1, 6-4
3. Michael Patch (CAT) def. Shane O'Dea (LR), 6-0, 6-1
4. Lucca Picca (CAT) def. Alex Crespo Sanchez (LR), 6-0, 6-1
5. Filip Dobrosavljevic (LR) def. Mitchell McDonald (CAT), 7-6, 6-3
6. Iago Montero Nunez (CAT) def. Matthew Ledford (LR), 7-5, 6-1

Doubles competition:
1. Jack Mordey/Mitchell McDonald (CAT) def. Patrick Bauer/Shane O'Dea (LR), 9-7
2. Michael Patch/Lucca Picca (CAT) def. Tomas Hons/Matthew Ledford (LR), 8-4
3. Alex Crespo Sanchez/Filip Dobrosavljevic (LR) def. Lucas Miller/Iago Montero Nunez (CAT), 8-6

Records:  Lenoir-Rhyne (4-6, 1-3 SAC), Catawba (6-8, 1-3 SAC)