HICKORY, N.C.– The Lenoir-Rhyne Men's Tennis Team easily dispatched Lincoln Memorial by a final score of 6-1 on Saturday afternoon at the YMCA of Catawba Valley. The Bears dominated a Railsplitters program that ended the 2017-18 campaign ranked No. 31 in the nation.
GAME VITALS
Final: Lenoir-Rhyne 6, Lincoln Memorial 1
Records: Lenoir-Rhyne (11-2, 2-1 SAC) | Lincoln Memorial (7-4, 1-2 SAC)
COACHES TAKE
"I was really pleased with how our guys played the important points today," said Head Coach
Tom Rees. "We had worked on that over the past few practices and today their hard work paid off."
HOW IT HAPPENED
Lincoln Memorial came out of the gates with an early 6-2 win in third doubles but the Bears rebounded with wins in first and second doubles to secure the point. In the second spot,
Paul Lenz and
Rhodri Atkinson took a 6-3 victory over LMU's second pair and
Hamed Gandouz and
Shane O'Dea sealed the doubles point with a win in the first line. The preseason All-Conference duo recorded a 6-4 win to improve to 7-3 on the season.
In singles action, Lenoir-Rhyne dominated and won in five of the six spots. Atkinson took a 7-6, 6-1 win in the third line and
Lewis Scott earned a straight set victory in the fifth spot. Gandouz iced the LR victory with a 7-6, 6-2 win in the first line to send LR to it's eighth win in it's last nine matches.
UP NEXT
The Bears will remain at home when they host Catawba on Wednesday at 1 p.m.
