MOBILE, Ala. – Making their first NAIA Championship appearance since 2010, the University of Tennessee Southern men's tennis team faced #13 Cumberlands in the opening round held at Mobile Tennis Center. The Firehawks fell to the Patriots 4-0 on Tuesday.

DOUBLES

1. Juanchi Alcon/Liam Savio (UC) def. Rage Matuck/Luis Guilherme Cupertino de Santana (UTS) 6-0
2. Darius Kuster/Gabriele Solda (UC) def. Nickolas Rosa/Felipe Dias (UTS) 7-6 (7-5)
3. Ryosuke Furuya/Gaspar Audisio (UTS) def. Sampras Rakotondrainibe/ Vivier Thibaud (UC) 6-3

Order of Finish: 1, 3, 2

SINGLES

1. Savio (UC) vs. De Santana (UTS) 7-5, 2-5 (Unfinished)
2. Furuya (UTS) vs. Alcon (UC) 7-5, 5-5 (Unfinished)
3. Marco Luis (UC) def. Daiki Ishii (UTS) 6-0, 6-2
4. Solda (UC) def. Rosa (UTS) 6-2, 7-6 (7-2)
5. Pierluigi Cruypenninck (UC) vs. Audisio (UTS) 7-5, 4-4 (Unfinished)
6. Kuster (UC) def. Dias (UTS) 6-1, 7-6 (7-4)

Order of Finish: 3, 4, 6

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