The Lee men’s tennis team made the final preparations for the upcoming Southern States Athletic Conference championships with a 7-2 defeat of Milligan College Saturday afternoon at the DeVos Tennis Center.

The Flames will carry a 4-4 record into next weekend’s action in Montgomery, Ala.

The Flames won 2-of-3 in doubles play with Milligan (6-11) earning victories at No. 2 doubles and No. 2 singles.

Richard Gamble and Fabio Medina took down Andy Pullen and Colin Bumann, 8-2. Patrick Kim and Andre Ishida were 8-1 winners against Caleb Friddell and Mickey Brown.

Vincent Audy and Kevin Tan were edged, 8-5, by Sebastian Jonsson and Jackson Lenoir.

Gamble overcame a 6-1 loss in the first set of his No. 1 singles match against Pullen to record a three-set win, while Medina and Kim were easy straight-set winners over Jonsson and Lenoir, respectively.

Tan dropped his first set 6-4 and won the second set 6-1 against Friddell. The third set super-tiebreaker went in Tan’s favor, 11-9.

Ishida and Brown played a pro set with Ishida claiming an 8-6 margin.

Audy lost a tightly contest first set with a 7-5 mark in thetie-breaker. Bumann sealed the match with a 6-2 tally in the second set.

 
 
Flames 7, Milligan College 2
Singles
Richard Gamble (LEE) def. Andy Pullen 1-6, 6-1, 6-4
Colin Bumann (MC) def. Vincent Audy 7-6 (7-5), 6-2
Fabio Medina (LEE) def. Sebastian Jonsson 6-2, 6-0
Patrick Kim (LEE) def. Jackson Lenoir 6-2, 6-3
Kevin Tan (LEE) def. Caleb Friddell 4-6, 6-1, 11-9 TB
Andre Ishida (LEE) def. Mickey Brown 8-6
 
Doubles
Gamble/Medina (LEE) def. Pullen/Bumann 8-2
Jonsson/Lenoir (MC) def. Audy/Tan 8-5
Kim/Ishida (LEE) df. Friddell/Brown 8-1