Box Score Nashville, Tenn. – Stetson (11-8, 1-4) defeated Lipscomb (4-12, 1-4) 4-3 on Thursday evening. The match was moved up a day due to a schedule change.
Stetson took the doubles point with
Alexandre Hillhouse and
Sven Thiergard winning 6-1 on court three. They were followed up by
Ervin Haris Eminefendic and
Juan Jose Rodriguez Garceran who sealed the doubles point with a 6-3 victory on court two.
In singles action,
Sami Ozzor scored the first point for the Hatters with a 6-3, 6-3 win on court five. Lipscomb would gain their first point of the match as
Juan Jose Rodriguez Garceran fell 2-6, 6-7.
Ervin Haris Eminefendic would get the three set victory on court three 6-0, 3-6, 6-3.
Lucas Olivier would clinch the victory for the Hatters as he would win in three sets 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 to make the overall score 4-1 in favor of Stetson.
Lipscomb would pickup the final two singles points in three set matches as
Sven Thiergard would fall 6-1, 4-6, 3-6 on court six and
Marc Saura would fall short on court one 3-6, 6-3, 5-7 making the final match score 4-3 Stetson.
"Happy to be on the winning end of 4-3 match, it has been tough to pick ourselves up after losing a couple of these type of matches in the past few weeks. Happy for the guys to get a tight win in the conference, especially after playing after flying due to a schedule change, said Stetson head coach
Christophe Noblet. "Certainly there are a few things we can iron out and continue to learn from to get better. Overall, proud of the guys for being resilient, mature and tough to get our first ASUN point. Looking forward to another challenge against Austin Peay on Saturday as we look to get another victory in the ASUN."
Stetson will be back in action on Saturday against Austin Peay in Clarksville, Tennessee at 11:00 a.m.
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