Hilton Head Island, S.C. – The Lenoir-Rhyne University Men's Tennis Team (8-2) won its fifth consecutive contest, 7-2 over Edinboro (Pennsylvania) (6-3), Monday at the Hilton Head Island Beach & Tennis Resort.

Three players – junior Hamed Gandouz (Hammam Sousse, TUNISIA), senior Tomas Hons (Valasske Mezirici, CZECH REPUBLIC) and sophomore Paul Lenz (Ratingen, GERMANY) – won at both singles and doubles for the Bears.  At first singles, Gandouz defeated Edinboro's Vitor Albanese (Barueri, BRAZIL) by a score of 7-5 and 6-3.  Albanese is ranked No. 13 in the nation.

Lenoir-Rhyne's Spring Break Trip continues with a match on Wednesday, March 14, against Charleston at 2:00 p.m., in Hilton Head Island, S.C.,

NCAA Division II Men's Tennis Final
Lenoir-Rhyne 7, Edinboro 2
Monday, March 12, 2018
Hilton Head Island, S.C. (Hilton Head Island Beach & Tennis Resort) 

Singles competition:
1. Hamed Gandouz (LR) def. #13 Vitor Albanese (EU), 7-5, 6-3
2. Daniel Fernandez (EU) def. Tales Miranda (LR), 2-6, 7-5, 10-6
3. Tomas Hons (LR) def. Mateus Santos (EU), 4-6, 7-6, 10-8
4. Mauricio Santos (EU) def. Shane O'Dea (LR), 6-4, 4-6, 12-10
5. Alex Ayguavives (LR) def. Christian Roettger (EU), 6-1, 6-3
6. Paul Lenz (LR) def. Kevin Mboko (EU), 6-1, 7-6 (7-5)

Doubles competition:
1. Tomas Hons/Shane O'Dea (LR) def. Vitor Albanese/Mateus Santos (EU), 8-6
2. Hamed Gandouz/Paul Lenz (LR) def. Kevin Mboko/Daniel Fernandez (EU), 8-5
3. Alex Crespo Sanchez/Tales Miranda (LR) def. Mauricio Santos/Christian Roettger (EU), 8-4

Records:  Edinboro (6-3), Lenoir-Rhyne (8-2)
Order of finish:  Doubles (3,1,2); Singles (2,1,3,5,4,6)