Box Score LAKELAND, Fla.—The Southeastern men's tennis team got its season off to a strong start by scoring a 5-4 upset of No. 21 SCAD Savannah.
The Fire got a big boost from their #2 doubles team of
Jordan Harris and Max Nguyen, who won a 7-5 tiebreaker to secure a 9-8 victory and take a 2-1 lead heading into singles play. Drew Dickens and
Lucca Marcheschi picked up an 8-4 win at #3 doubles as well.
Southeastern finished the day a perfect 3-0 in tiebreakers as Marcheschi won a tiebreaker to score a three-set win at #3 singles, and
Noah Rawls won a tiebreaker 7-4 en route to a straight sets win at #6 singles. Nguyen picked up a straight sets victory at #4 singles to secure victory.
The Fire return to action tomorrow at Ave Maria at noon.
SOUTHEASTERN 5, SCAD 4
DOUBLES
1. Quentin Staley/Yulin Liu (SCAD) def.
David Veliz/
Noah Rawls (SEU) 8-5
2.
Jordan Harris/Max NguyenQuocTuan (SEU) def. Daiki Naka/Sean Hajdu (SCAD) 9-8, 7-5
3.
Andrew Dickens/
Lucca Marcheschi (SEU) def. Kenta Naka/Josh Tewes-McCoy (SCAD) 8-4
SINGLES
1. Daiki Naka (SCAD) def.
David Veliz (SEU) 6-2, forfeit
2. Kenta Naka (SCAD) def.
Jordan Harris (SEU) 6-0, 6-2
3.
Lucca Marcheschi (SEU) def. Yulin Liu (SCAD) 4-6, 6-2, 7-6, 9-7
4. Max NguyenQuocTuan (SEU) def. Quentin Staley (SCAD) 7-5, 6-2
5. Corrie Pickering (SCAD) def.
Andrew Dickens (SEU) 7-5, 6-1
6.
Noah Rawls (SEU) def. Sean Hajdu (SCAD) 7-6, 7-4, 6-2
