The Lee University men's tennis team extended its win streak to four with a 5-2 win over Lincoln Memorial University Sunday afternoon at the DeVos Tennis Center.

The Flames (5-2) claimed two of the three doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead into singles competition. Jesus Garcia and Cristian Pons beat Jake Tuchmann and Thom Hermans 6-2 at No. 2 doubles. LMU (1-6) evened the doubles competition at 1-1 with Luca Pavan and Thomas Turner winning 6-4 against Daniel Prata and Jordi Dasi and No. 3 doubles.

The No. 1 spot was the deciding match for the doubles point. Bruno Medeiros and Antonio Pons held off Iker Moure and Sebastian Colla to win 6-4.

"I thought Jesus and Cristian played excellent doubles today, they got us off to a great start," said Lee head coach Patric Hynes. "Bruno and Antonio came up big at the right moments."

Garcia and Ramirez posted wins at No. 1 and No. 2 singles, respectively, to push the Lee advantage to 3-0. Garcia beat Moure 6-1 and 6-3, while Ramirez dropped his first set 6-2 before coming back to win the next two sets against Colla 6-3 and 6-1.

"Jesus was very solid again today. He's having another good year," added Hynes. 

Tuchmann ended the Lee run with a three-set win at No. 3 singles against Cristian Pons. Tuchmann won the first and third sets by the same 6-4 tally. Pons won the second set 6-1.

Antonio Pons secured the team win with a 6-2, 6-3 defeat of Oscar Bailey in the fifth position. Hermans closed the gap with a three-set win over Dasi. Hermans won the first set 6-4 and Dasi forced a third set with a 6-3 second set win. Hermans concluded the singles match with a 6-3 score in the third set.

Diego Garcia supplied the final team score with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Pavan.

"Good win for us. We have a big match coming up against Valdosta State," Hynes concluded.

The Flames return to competition on Saturday, March 13. The GSC matchup with Valdosta State is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.