HARROGATE, Tenn. - The Wolves narrowed the gap to one on the heels of Vinicius Botelho's (Fortaleza, Brazil) 10th singles win of the season in the No. 2 position, but could not catch up to Lincoln Memorial, falling in their road match against the Railsplitters, 7-2.

Lincoln Memorial is ranked 20th in the region but the Wolves did not balk at the ranking, playing the Railsplitters close early.

Botelho and David Sons (Lexington, S.C.) dropped their doubles match to the formidable duo of Philipp Hoffmann and Tom Goossens. The pair of Railsplitters are ranked No. 29 in the region and bested the Newberry duo by an 8-4 score.

Michael Saunders (Christchurch, New Zealand) and Mohammed Chakir (Rabat, Morocco) would even things up in the adjacent court, scoring a hard-fought 9-8 tiebreaker win over Alexey Minevskiy and Marcelo Alvim. Knotted at eight each, the foursome would battle through a tiebreaker set which the Newberry pair took 9-7.

Jeffery Kiser (Newberry, S.C.) and James Bethea (Newberry, S.C.) were denied in their bid to give the Wolves the lead as they dropped their match against Stefan Hall and Michael Koenen by an 8-3 score.

In the singles flights, Saunders lost 6-2, 6-2 to Hoffmann before Botelho's triumph. The freshman scored a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Minevskiy to narrow the gap to just one.

Unfortunately, the rest of the pack could not produce any more team points to give the momentum to themselves. Chakir fell 6-4, 7-6 to Alvim. Chakir sent the second set to a tiebreaker but ultimately lost by a 7-2 tally.

Michael Woolard (Lexington, S.C.) lost 6-2, 6-3 to Koenen before Sons was on the wrong end of a 6-0, 6-3 decision against Goossens.

Kiser dropped his match at the No. 6 singles spot 6-0, 6-1 against Hall to wrap up the day for the pack.

Newberry will enjoy a one day break before they travel to Brevard to take on the Tornados. The SAC match will begin at 2 p.m. on March 20.