SAINT LEO, Fla. - The fifth-ranked Lander men's tennis team experienced just its third loss of the season Sunday when the Bearcats fell to No. 2 Saint Leo, 5-3, in a non-conference match.
Saint Leo improves to 16-1, while Lander slips to 15-3.
In singles, No. 1 Alberto Barroso-Campos (SL) def. Chris Devoize (LU) 6-4, 6-3; No. 2 Marc Hofer (LU) def. Alex Theiler (SL) 6-2, 6-2; No. 3 Loic Minery (LU) def. Egor Panyushkin (SL) 6-1, 6-2; No. 4 Jaime Bueno (SL) def. Alexandre Springer (LU) 7-6 (7-1), 6-1; No. 5 Guillaume Vanelven (SL) vs. Ozan Cildir (LU) 6-1, 3-6, 5-4, unfinished; and No. 6 Elliot Carnello (SL) def. Paul Arslanian (LU) 6-0, 6-2.
In national singles rankings, Barroso-Campos is No. 3, Devoize No. 9, Hofer No. 14, Theiler No. 17, Minery No. 15, and Panyushkin No. 15.
In doubles, No. 1 Alberto Barroso-Campos/Alex Theiler (SL) def. Marc Hofer/Loic Minery (LU) 8-3; No. 2 Egor Panyushkin/Jaime Bueno (SL) def. Chris Devoize/Alexandre Springer (LU) 8-6; and No. 3 Ozan Cildir/Charles Baron (LU) def. Guillaume Vanelven/Francisco Aparicio (SL) 9-8 (11-9).
The Bearcats will next travel to North Greenville University for a 3 p.m., non-conference match on Wed., April 13.