Hilton Head Island, S.C. – The Edinboro University of Pennsylvania Men's Tennis Team (8-3) pulled out a 5-4 win over Lenoir-Rhyne (7-6) Wednesday at the Hilton Head Island Beach & Tennis Resort.

The Bears picked up victories in three of the six singles matches but the Fighting Scots prevailed in two doubles' competitions to take the win.

Lenoir-Rhyne junior Tomas Hons (Valasske Mezirici, CZECH REPUBLIC) won at second singles while sophomore Alex Crespo Sanchez (Valencia, SPAIN) and freshman Tales Miranda (Sao Paulo, BRAZIL) prevailed for the Bears at No. 3 doubles to highlight the contest.

Lenoir-Rhyne returns home to host Newberry in a South Atlantic Conference match at Hickory High School on Saturday beginning at Noon.  Edinboro faces Augustana (S.D.) on Thursday at Hilton Head Island, S.C., beginning at 8:30 a.m.

NCAA Division II Men's Tennis Final
Edinboro 5, Lenoir-Rhyne 4
Wednesday, March 15, 2017
Hilton Head Island, S.C. (Hilton Head Island Beach & Tennis Resort)

Singles competition:
1. Vitor Albanese (EU) def. Hamed Gandouz (LR), 6-1, 6-4
2. Tomas Hons (LR) def. Daniel Fernandez (EU), 6-1, 6-4
3. Mauricio Santos (EU) def. Alex Ayguavives (LR), 6-4, 6-4
4. Shane O'Dea (LR) def. Mateus Santos (EU), 6-4, 6-3
5. Kevin Mboko (EU) def. Tales Miranda (LR), 7-5, 2-6, 10-8
6. Paul Lenz (LR) def. Kolja Hein (EU), 6-1, 6-2

Doubles competition:
1. Vitor Albanese/Mateus Santos (EU) def. Tomas Hons/Shane O'Dea (LR), 8-6
2. Daniel Fernandez/Kevin Mboko (EU) def. Paul Lenz/Hamed Gandouz (LR), 8-3
3. Alex Crespo Sanchez/Tales Miranda (LR) def. Mauricio Santos/Alexander Anderson (EU), 8-1

Records:  Edinboro (8-3), Lenoir-Rhyne (7-6)