CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Kerim Hyatt earned a 7-5, 6-4 decision in singles in the final match of the day to help lift the Chattanooga Mocs men's tennis team to a 4-3 dual match victory over in-state foe Lipscomb on Sunday afternoon at the UTC Tennis Complex.
 
Following the win, Chattanooga improves to 2-6 on the season. Lipscomb moves to 3-5 overall after the defeat.
 
The Mocs took an early 1-0 lead after seeing victories in doubles action from the tandems of Hyatt and Kaisei Kuroki (6-3) and Simon Labbe and Jordan McClure (6-2).
 
After Lipscomb pulled ahead 3-2 with victories at the No. 4, 5 and 6 slots, UTC clinched the match on Hyatt's singles win at No. 3 after picking up victories from Tomas Rodriguez and Simon Labbe at the No. 1 and No. 2 spots, respectively.
 
Chattanooga opens up Southern Conference action on Friday, Feb. 25, as it hosts The Citadel for a 1 p.m. ET matchup. When available, live stats and results will be posted at GoMocs.com.
 
CHATTANOOGA 4, LIPSCOMB 3
DOUBLES
1. Gonzalo Garcia-Nieto/Sam Fischer (LIP) def. Tomas Rodriguez/Peyton Gatti (UTC) 6-4
2. Kerim Hyatt/Kaisei Kuroki (UTC) def. Pedro Uribe/Maksim Bogdanovich (LIP) 6-3
3. Simon Labbe/Jordan McClure (UTC) def. Alex Mesquida/Carlos Salas Tulla (LIP) 6-2
 
SINGLES
1. Tomas Rodriguez (UTC) def. Maksim Bogdanovich (LIP) 6-3, 6-2
2. Simon Labbe (UTC) def. Pedro Uribe (LIP) 6-4, 6-4
3. Kerim Hyatt (UTC) def. Gonzalo Garcia-Nieto (LIP) 7-5, 6-4
4. Alex Mesquida (LIP) def. Peyton Gatti (UTC) 6-3, 6-4
5. Sam Fischer (LIP) def. Jordan McClure (UTC) 6-4, 7-5
6. Carlos Salas Tulla (LIP) def. Quinten Nevenhoven (UTC) 6-0, 6-3
 
MATCH NOTES
Lipscomb 3-5
Chattanooga 2-6
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2,1); Singles (1,6,4,5,2,3)