March 16, 2015 Final Stats
CLINTON, S.C. - The Lamar men's tennis put together the doubles point win, but Presbyterian College battled back in singles and took the match 5-2 at the Templeton Tennis Courts in non-conference action on Thursday.
Lamar fell to 8-8 on the season while PC improved to 12-5.
Jeandre Hoogenboezem and Nikita Lis took down Ben Kelley and Ryan Miller on line one, 8-7. Benny Schweizer and Michael Feucht clinched the doubles point on an 8-1 win over Lukas Luckmeier and Brandon Mills in second position.
With Feucht's 6-2, 5-7, 6-1 singles win over Diego Manzanas on line two, he and Hoogenbozem both finished the three matches in two days with a 2-1 singles mark. Hoogenboezem finished the span 3-0 in doubles action and Feucht was 2-1.
Five of the six singles matches were forced to go three sets. Joel Roberts downed Nikita Lis on court one in singles, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3, and Schweizer fell to Alejandro in position three, 3-6, 6-1, 6-2. Schweizer finished the three-match span 2-1 in both singles and doubles action.
On line five, Danny Bruce overcame Juuso Laitinen 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, and Kelley defeated Mikko Rajamaki 2-6, 6-0, 7-5.
Hoogenboezem fell to Mills on court four 6-4, 7-5 in singles. Trey Crysel and Steven McMullan were downed by Manzana and Roberts on doubles line three, 8-3.
The Cardinals wrap up their five-game road trip on Sunday and Monday in Arlington, Texas against Oral Roberts and UT-Arlington, respectively.
Presbyterian College 5, Lamar 2
Singles competition
1. ROBERTS, Joel (PCM) def. Lis, Nikita (LU) 6-2, 1-6, 6-3
2. Feucht, Michael (LU) def. MANZANAS, Diego (PCM) 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
3. BEJAR, Alejandro (PCM) def. Schweizer, Benny (LU) 3-6, 6-1, 6-2
4. MILLS, Brandon (PCM) def. Hoogenboezem, Jeandr (LU) 6-4, 7-5
5. BRUCE, Danny (PCM) def. Laitinen, Juuso (LU) 3-6, 6-4, 6-4
6. KELLEY, Ben (PCM) def. Rajamaki, Mikko (LU) 2-6, 6-0, 7-5
Doubles competition
1. Hoogenboezem, Jeandr/Lis, Nikita (LU) def. KELLEY, Ben/MILLER, Ryan (PCM) 8-7
2. Feucht, Michael/Schweizer, Benny (LU) def. LUCKEMEIER, Lukas/MILLS, Brandon (PCM) 8-1
3. MANZANAS, Diego/ROBERTS, Joel (PCM) def. Crysel, Trey/McMullan, Steven (LU) 8-3
Match Notes: Lamar 8-8
Presbyterian College 12-5
