The Lee University men's tennis team edged Mississippi College 4-3 Sunday afternoon at the DeVos Tennis Center. With the win the No. 17 Flames improved to 9-4 overall and 3-3 in Gulf South Conference action. Mississippi College fell to 3-7 (2-2 GSC).

"There's no easy matches in the GSC," admitted Lee head coach Patric Hynes. "Mississippi College were a tough opponent today. We'll get some rest and start to prepare for another big weekend."

The No. 32 doubles team of Nico Ramirez and Bruno Medeiros opened the doubles scoring with a 6-4 win over Matias Ballatore and Carlos Trujillo. Drew Johnston and Wihan Van Der Merwe secured the team point with a 7-6 (7-4) defeat of Joe Jarvis and Walker Ellis at No. 3 doubles. Diego Garcia and Jordi Dasi completed the doubles sweep with a 6-4 score over Brady McDaniel and Hsiang Wang.

Ramirez, ranked No. 21, posted a 6-4, 6-1 win over McDaniel to begin singles competition. Jarvis cut the Lee advantage in half with a win at No. 2 singles.

Medeiros took down Trujillo 6-4 and 6-1 to push Lee's lead to 3-1. Wang needed three sets to hold off Garcia at No. 3 singles. Wang claimed the first set 6-2 and, after Garcia won the second set with a 7-4 tiebreaker, completed the win with a 6-4 mark in the third set.

Van Der Merwe won his first set with Ballatore 6-3 and held on in the second set to win 7-5 and clinch the team victory. Ellis supplied the final score with a three-set win over Johnston.

The Flames remain home to face Auburn Montgomery on Friday for the second of four-straight home matches to end the regular season. The GSC contest is scheduled for a 2 p.m. start.