CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The 24^th-ranked Lee University men's tennis team posted a 5-2 upset of No. 7 University of North Georgia Monday afternoon. The contest was part of the 3^rd Annual Scenic City College Tennis Spring Break Showcase hosted by North Georgia at the Champions Club Tennis Complex at Rivermont.

UNG (6-1) grabbed the early lead after winning two of the three doubles matches. Franco Rebora and Marcos Castellanos held off Rytis Razminas and Francisco Guimarães 6-4 at No. 3 doubles. Filipe Krohn and Stefan Mos doubled-up Joao Luis Silva and Ben Brandl 6-3 at No. 2 doubles. Janos Varga and Pedro Liborio edged Quinn Groenendijk and Jip Langerhuizen 6-4 at the top position to claim the doubles point for the Nighthawks.

Langerhuizen opened singles competition for Lee (5-0) with a 6-4, 6-1 defeat of Varga at the third position to tie the team score at 1-1. Razminas outlasted Rebora in three sets to beat Rebora at the sixth position, winning 6-0, 4-6, 6-2.

Guimarães continued the momentum with a three-set win over Brandl. He won the first set 6-2 and lost the second 6-4. In the final set he outlasted Brandl 7-5 to record the win at No. 5 singles and put the Flames within one of the team win.

Liborio suspended the Lee celebration with a win over Krohn at No. 1 singles. The sixth-ranked Liborio held off 12^th-ranked Krohn 7-5 in the opening set then needed an 8-6 tiebreaker to win the second set 7-6.

In another three-set battle, Mos overcame a 6-3 loss in the first set to fight back to win at the fourth position with matching 6-3 margins in the second and third sets. The win by Mos clinched the team victory.

Groenendijk, ranked No. 41, battled Silva, ranked No. 66, at No. 2 singles for the final point. Silva won the first set 6-4 and Groenendijk claimed the second set 7-5 and completed the comeback win with a 6-4 score in the third set.

The Flames are scheduled to return to action on March 21 in Pensacola, Florida, against the University of West Florida. The GSC matchup is scheduled for a noon start.
 

Coach Patric Hynes' thoughts:
"It's never easy to beat a top 10 team, but to do it after losing the doubles point is even tougher. Really proud of our guys for gritting out this win. Jip got us back into the match with a quick win. Rytis and Francisco both came through under a lot of pressure. Stefan needed to dig really deep from a set down. We stuck together in the tough moments today."