Governors Fall to Blue Raiders, Sunday, in Murfreesboro

Murfreesboro, Tenn. – Austin Peay State University's men's tennis team fell to Middle Tennessee, 6-1, at the Granville Bouldin Tennis Center, Sunday. After Middle Tennessee claimed the first doubles match with a win over Austin Peay's No. 2 pairing, Lucas Ranciaro and Bodi van Galen beat MTSU's Houston Jacques and Antoine Mayoral in the No. 3 pairing to even the score. But the Blue Raiders were able to claim the doubles point with a 7-5 victory over Rohan Loubser and Logan Tomovski in the No. 1 pairing.

In singles action, Middle Tennessee claimed the first three matches to go final, knocking off Loubser, De la Hormaza, and Tomovski in two sets each in the No. 1, 4, and 3 matches, respectively. Austin Peay was able to get on the scoreboard in the fourth match to go final, with Ranciaro winning in three sets over Jacques on the No. 5 line.

But MTSU claimed the final two singles matches, with Vincent Lu and Glen Arnett dropping three-set matches on the No. 6 and 6 lines, respectively.

Austin Peay is back in action when it takes on Saint Louis at 1 p.m., Saturday at the Governors Tennis Courts in Clarksville, Tennessee.

Govs vs. Middle Tennessee

Doubles

#38 Karim Al-Amin / Ondrej Horak (MTSU) def. Rohan Loubser / Logan Tomovski, 7-5

Eric Crivei / Jonasz Dziopak (MTSU) def. Felipe De La Hormaza / Vincent Lu, 6-1

Lucas Ranciaro / Bodi van Galen def. Houston Jacques / Antoine Mayoral (MTSU), 6-4

Singles

Ondrej Horak (MTSU) def. Rohan Loubser, 6-4, 2-0

Birtan Duran (MTSU) def. Vincent Lu, 6-0, 3-6, 6-1

Freddy Murray (MTSU) def. Logan Tomovski, 6-1, 6-3

Eric Crivei (MTSU) def. Felip De La Hormaza, 6-4, 6-4

Lucas Ranciaro def. Houston Jacques (MTSU), 4-6, 6-3, 6-0

Rich LaLance (MTSU) def. Glen Arnet, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4

Order of Finish

Doubles: 2, 3, 1; Singles: 1, 4, 3, 5, 2, 6

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