FLORENCE, SC – In a tightly-contested match that saw four singles matches go to three sets, 26th-ranked Barton College edged 38th-ranked Francis Marion University 4-3, Wednesday afternoon (April 13) in Conference Carolinas men's tennis action. 
 
Francis Marion (10-5, 4-3) will play its final three regular-season matches on the road, beginning with a showdown against University of Mount Olive on Tuesday at 3 p.m.
 
FMU sophomores Liam Day and Leonel Gonzalez won at No.1 doubles, but Barton claimed the doubles point with victories at No.2 and 3, including winning the decisive third contest in a tiebreaker.  Day and Gonzalez have lost only once in 14 doubles matches in 2021.
 
Patriot freshman Luis Lopez Sarasa improved his season record to 10-4 and knotted the match at 1-1 with a 6-3, 6-2 victory at No.5 singles.  However, the Bulldogs won at the top three singles slots to clinch the match, with all three of those contests going three sets.
 
Freshman Martin Barbera (6-1, 6-2) and sophomore Adam Ernberg (6-1, 0-6, 1-0 (10-6)) accounted for the other Francis Marion points with wins at No. 4 and 6 singles.
 
 
Men's Tennis Match Results
4/13/2022 at Florence, SC (Kassab Courts)
#26 Barton College 4, #38 Francis Marion University 3
Singles competition
1. K. Staahlbrand (BC) def. Liam Day (FMU) 6-4, 2-6, 6-4
2. Diego Agudelo (BC) def. Harri Lloyd-Evans (FMU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-4
3. Philip Nordberg (BC) def. Leonel Gonzalez (FMU) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4
4. Martin Barbera (FMU) def. Johan Holgersson (BC) 6-1, 6-2
5. Luis Lopez Sarasa (FMU) def. Hannes Tylehed (BC) 6-3, 6-2
6. Adam Ernberg (FMU) def. Wilhelm Karlsson (BC) 6-1, 0-6, 1-0 (10-6)
Doubles competition
1. Liam Day/Leonel Gonzalez (FMU) def. K. Staahlbrand/Wilhelm Karlsson (BC) 7-6 (7-3)
2. Diego Agudelo/Philip Nordberg (BC) def. Harri Lloyd-Evans/Martin Barbera (FMU) 6-2
3. Johan Holgersson/Hannes Tylehed (BC) def. Adam Ernberg/Luis Lopez Sarasa (FMU) 7-6 (7-2)
 
Match Notes: Barton College 14-7 , 5-2; National ranking #26
Francis Marion University 10-5 , 4-3; National ranking #38
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (5,2,1,3,4,6)
Official: Ernie James