MOUNT OLIVE, NC – In a match that saw four singles contests go to three sets and two doubles matches to a tiebreaker, 49th-ranked University of Mount Olive edged 44th-ranked Francis Marion University 5-2, Tuesday afternoon (April 19) in Conference Carolinas men's tennis action. 
 
Francis Marion drops to 10-6 overall and 4-4 in league play.  The Patriots will play their final regular-season matches this weekend at Southern Wesleyan University on Friday at 2 p.m. and at North Greenville University on Saturday at noon.
 
The Trojans (10-5, 6-2) won all three doubles matches, including 7-6 decisions that were decided in tiebreakers at positions No.1 and 3.
 
UMO upped the margin to 3-0 win wins at singles spots No. 6 and 3.  However, FMU sophomore Liam Day rallied for a 6-7 (2-7), 7-5, 6-1 victory at No.1 singles and freshman Harri Lloyd-Evans won 7-6 (7-5), 6-2 at No.2 to trim the deficit to 3-2.
 
However, Mount Olive won the final two games at No.4 singles en route to a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 win that clinched the match.
 
 
Men's Tennis Match Results
4/19/2022 at Mount Olive, NC (Walker Tennis Center)
#49 Mount Olive 5, #44 Francis Marion University 2
Singles competition
1. Liam Day (FMU) def. Armando Ferreira (UMO-M) 6-7 (2-7), 7-5, 6-1
2. Harri Lloyd-Evans (FMU) def. Adam Ibrahim (UMO-M) 7-6 (7-5), 6-2
3. Guilherme Zotin (UMO-M) def. Leonel Gonzalez (FMU) 6-3, 1-6, 6-1
4. Israel Rojas (UMO-M) def. Martin Barbera (FMU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
5. Aditya Balda (UMO-M) def. Luis Lopez Sarasa (FMU) 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 10-8
6. Gregory Normand (UMO-M) def. Adam Ernberg (FMU) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. Armando Ferreira/Guilherme Zotin (UMO-M) def. Liam Day/Leonel Gonzalez (FMU) 7-6 (7-1)
2. Adam Ibrahim/Victor Nunez (UMO-M) def. Martin Barbera/Harri Lloyd-Evans (FMU) 6-3
3. Gregory Normand/Elios Briand (UMO-M) def. Adam Ernberg/Luis Lopez Sarasa (FMU) 7-6 (7-2)
 
Match Notes:  Francis Marion University 10-6, 4-4; National ranking #44
Mount Olive 10-5, 6-2; National ranking #49
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (6,3,1,2,4,5)