ETSU 7, Chattanooga 0
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. - Just one day after shutting out league opponent Mercer, 7-0, the 69th-ranked ETSU men's tennis team blanked Chattanooga by an identical margin Saturday, remaining unbeaten in Southern Conference competition and clinching the Bucs' eighth-consecutive victory.
No. 69 ETSU, which has won 11 of its last 12 contests, has earned 7-0 victories in three of its last four matches.
The Buccaneers (12-7, 5-0 SoCon) wasted no time establishing themselves Saturday, displaying the effort and competitiveness that helped to vault them to the top of the SoCon standings as they captured all three doubles posititions by 8-4 margins.
Rogerio Ribeiro and David Biosca earned the duo's fourth-consecutive doubles victory, defeating John Peacey and Lucas Plesky, 8-4, at the top doubles spot. Meanwhile, Ismael Merino and Diego Nunez notched their third-straight win, knocking off Pavels Grigorjevs and Nic Wilson at No. 2 Doubles, 8-4.
At No. 3 Doubles, Sebastian Yllera and Conner Huertas earned their sixth win in their last seven matches with an 8-4 victory versus Luke Saunders and Nick Wingord.
ETSU continued to battle, translating its success in doubles play into six straight-set, singles victories, clinching the Bucs' eighth-straight victory.
Yllera clinched the win for ETSU with a 6-3, 6-3 victory at No. 3 Singles, marking his fifth-consecutive win.
Meanwhile, Biosca extended his team-best singles win streak to eight matches, dispatching Lucas Plesky, 6-0 6-0, at the No. 1 position.
Merino and Ribeiro also pushed their own singles win streaks to seven and six matches, respectively.
Redshirt junior Ricardo Pabon epitomized the Bucs' victory with a hard-fought, 6-1, 7-6 (3) victory at No. 6 Singles.
Mercer 5, Samford 2
MACON, Ga. – The Mercer men's tennis team rebounded after a tough loss on Friday with a 5-2 victory over Samford on Saturday at the LeRoy Peddy Tennis Center.
Mercer started strong, taking a 3-0 lead after winning the doubles point and the first two singles points. Samford made it a 3-2 match with a pair of wins at flights two and four.
Manuel de Luis sealed the win for the Bears with a 6-3, 6-4 win at the number six spot, and Arsav Mohanty added another point with his three-set win.