Hatters Fall in ASUN Semifinals

FORT MYERS—Stetson men's tennis saw its season come to end in the early morning hours on Saturday as Lipscomb rallied for a 4-1 win in the Atlantic Sun Conference semifinals at FGCU.

The Hatters and Bisons were slated to begin their match at 5 p.m. on Saturday, but heavy rains pushed back the start of the match for more than six hours. With two semifinals being played at the same time on the same set of six courts, play lasted until after 3 a.m.

The doubles teams of Angus Brashaw & William Shkrob and Graham Ball & Coiln MacNamara were victorious in helping Stetson get off to a 1-0 lead. But the Bisons rallied during singles and outlasted the Hatters as two of the four completed singles matches went three sets and one other match was in a third set when play completed.

"Credits to Lipscomb for playing a terrific match," Stetson head coach Christophe Noblet said. "They deserve the win and we wish them the best of luck in final on Sunday. We played a great doubles play, and thought we had the momentum going into singles. But the fact that we played only on three courts really helped Lipscomb has they were able to grab one win after another, and build up from there.

"Our youth showed today, which was really the first time this year. That is obviously a bad timing, but I know this difficult experience will be used as a great teaching moment down the road. The 2017-18 season starts today."

No. 6 Lipscomb 4, No. 2 Stetson 1
Apr 22, 2017 at Fort Myers, Fla. (FGCU Tennis Complex)

Singles competition
1. Rob Mitchell (LIP) def. Loic Blanco (STET-M) 3-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-3
2. Alejandro Manzanares (LIP) def. Angus Bradshaw (STET-M) 6-3, 6-2
3. Victor Chaw (LIP) def. Graham Ball (STET-M) 2-6, 6-2, 6-3
4. William Shkrob (STET-M) vs. Daniel Cardenas (LIP) 3-6, 6-1, 3-4, unfinished
5. Colter Decoste (STET-M) vs. Jorge Ortegon (LIP) 3-6, 6-3, 3-3, unfinished
6. George Wong (LIP) def. Coilin MacNamara (STET-M) 6-3, 6-2

Doubles competition
1. Loic Blanco/Colter Decoste (STET-M) vs. Alejandro Manzanares/Victor Chaw (LIP) 5-4, unfinished
2. Angus Bradshaw/William Shkrob (STET-M) def. Rob Mitchell/Daniel Cardenas (LIP) 6-1
3. Graham Ball/Coilin MacNamara (STET-M) def. Thais Minet/Jorge Ortegon (LIP) 6-2

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Players Mentioned

Graham Ball: 6' 0"; Senior

Loic Blanco: 6' 3"; Junior

Angus Bradshaw: 6' 0"; Freshman

Coilin MacNamara: 5' 10"; Sophomore

William Shkrob: 6' 0"; Freshman

Players Mentioned

Graham Ball
: 6' 0"; Senior

Loic Blanco
: 6' 3"; Junior

Angus Bradshaw
: 6' 0"; Freshman

Coilin MacNamara
: 5' 10"; Sophomore

William Shkrob
: 6' 0"; Freshman

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Hatters Fall in ASUN Semifinals

Players Mentioned

Graham Ball

Loic Blanco

Angus Bradshaw

Coilin MacNamara

William Shkrob

Players Mentioned

Graham Ball

Loic Blanco

Angus Bradshaw

Coilin MacNamara

William Shkrob