MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Lee University men's tennis team was eliminated from the Southern States Athletic Conference Tournament after losing 5-0 to Belhaven University (Miss.) in the quarterfinals Saturday morning.
 
No. 14 Belhaven (14-3) swept all three doubles matches and the first two singles matches to avoid the upset. Belhaven was seeded No. 3 and Lee University (4-5) was the No. 6 seed.

Richard Gamble and Fabio Medina were held off, 8-5, by Nikita Lisov and Andres Yepez at No. 1 doubles. Kevin Tan and Vincent Audy were beaten by Jefferson Nino and David Mejia, 8-4, while Patrick Kim and Andre Ishida mustered two points against Daniel Prado and Enrico Patriarca.

 Nino (ranked No. 32 in singles) blanked Audy for the straight-set victory. Mejia outlasted Kim 6-3 in the first set and closed out the match with a 6-2 margin in the final set.
 

Results

Belhaven 5, Flames 0
Singles
Nikita Lisov (BU) vs. Richard Gamble (LEE) unfinished
Jefferson Nino (BU) def. Vincent Audy 6-0, 6-0
Daniel Prado (BU) vs. Fabio Medina (LEE) unfinished
David Mejia (BU) def. Patrick Kim 6-3, 6-2
Enrico Patriarca (BU) vs. Kevin Tan (LEE) unfinished
Andres Yepez (BU) vs. Andre Ishida (LEE) unfinished
 
Doubles
Lisov/Yepez (BU) def. Gamble/Medina 8-5
Nino/Mejia (BU) def. Tan/Audy 8-4
Prado/Patriarca (BU) def. Kim/Ishida 8-2