CLEVELAND, Tenn. – The Lee University men's tennis team posted its fourth win of the season with a 6-1 defeat of Carson-Newman University Tuesday afternoon at the DeVos Tennis Center.

The Flames (4-0) grabbed an early advantage when Wihan van der Merwe and Stefan Mos beat Leonard Baecker and Matthew Saunders 6-2 at No. 3 doubles. Quinn Groenendijk and Jip Langerhuizen secured the doubles point with a 6-2 win over Marnix Van Dalen and Paul Gayk at No. 1 doubles. The No. 2 doubles match was left unfinished with Carson-Newman's Louis Keenan and Gjorgji Jankulovski leading Filipe Krohn and Jackson Vaughan 5-3.

Groenendijk opened singles competition with a 6-3, 6-3 win against Jankulovski. Krohn dropped his opening set 6-3 to Gayk before recovering to win the next two sets 6-1 and 6-3 to win at No. 3 singles.

Lee clinched the team victory with a three-set win by van der Merwe at No. 1 singles. Van Dalen claimed the opening set 7-5 and van der Merwe forced a third set with a 6-0 margin, before finishing the comeback with a 6-2 score in the third set.

The Eagles (2-1) ended Lee's shutout hopes with Saunders' win at No. 5 singles. Saunders beat Rytis Razminas 6-3 and 6-4 to collect the team point.

Langerhuizen and Brad Sy-A-Foek closed out the match with wins for the Flames to supply the final five-point win. Langerhuizen beat Keenan 6-1, 7-5 at the fourth position. Sy-A-Foek was a 6-0, 6-1 winner at No. 6 singles against Baecker.

The Flames are scheduled to travel to Memphis, Tennessee, on Friday to open Gulf South Conference play against Christian Brothers University.