YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. – The 24^th-ranked Lee University men's tennis team posted its fourth straight win with a 7-0 non-conference defeat of Young Harris College Tuesday afternoon at the Bob & Gayle Nichols Tennis Complex. The Flames improved to 6-1 and the Mountain Lions dropped to 4-5.

The No. 44 doubles team of Francisco Faria and Filipe Krohn opened the competition with a 6-2 defeat of Michael Schut and Mason Harmon at No. 1 doubles. Mike and Quinn Groenendijk held off Rodrigo Mendoza and Caleb McCurry 6-4 to claim the doubles point. Wihan van der Merwe and Jordi Dasi completed the sweep with another 6-4 margin over Jamie Bixby and Hemang Gaur.

Krohn was a 6-1, 6-2 winner at No. 5 singles against Eric DelValle and van der Merwe, ranked No. 62, beat Mendoza 6-2 and 6-4 at No. 2 singles. Quinn Groenendijk posted matching set scores of 6-2 against Harmon at No. 4 singles to clinch the team victory.

Yike Liu edged Gaur 6-3, 7-5 to record a win at No. 6 singles. Faria and Dasi recorded a pair of three-set wins to complete the shutout. Faria dropped his opening set with Bixby 7-5 and fought back to force a third set with a 6-1 score in the second set. Faria won the superset 10-6 to finish the comeback. Dasi and McCurry traded 7-6 tallies for the first two sets with Dasi winning the first set tiebreaker 7-1 and McCurry winning the second set tiebreaker 7-4. In the third set superset, Dasi completed the win with a 10-1 mark.

The Flames return to Gulf South Conference action on Monday, March 25, against Christian Brothers University at the DeVos Tennis Center. First serve is set for 2 p.m. EDT.
 
Coach Patric Hynes' Thoughts:
"It's not an easy place to play here with the elevation. The balls were flying today. To be able to walk away with two strong wins is pleasing. We will get ready for the rest of our conference season now."