NEWBERRY - The Newberry men's tennis team fell to No. 7 North Georgia 6-1 Tuesday afternoon at the Oakland Tennis Center.
The Wolves (8-11, 2-3 SAC) were able to get their lone point as No. 7 Edison Ambarzumjan defeated No. 35 Jess Jones in three sets. Ambarzumjan got off to a hot start, defeating Jones 6-1 in the first set. Jones was able to battle back in the second set to win 7-5. Ambarzumjan was able to secure the match, winning the third set 6-4
Newberry had tough matches across the board including two that went to three sets. Jose Navarro was able to win the first set over Niklas Zielen, 6-2. Zielen flipped the script in the second set, winning 6-2. Zielen came away with the match,winning the third set 6-4.
Enrico Haas battled all the way to the end but fell to Jared Boes in a nail biter. Bones won the first set 6-2 before Haas battled back to win the second set 7-5. Coming down to the final set, Bones was able to get the decisive 10-7 win in the third set.
The Wolves will be back home this Friday as they take on Mars Hil at 2:30 p.m. at the Oakland Tennis Center.
Results
Doubles
Order of finish: (2, 1)
1. Niklas Zielen/Jess Jones (North Georgia) over Edison Ambarzumjan/Enrico Haas (Newberry) 7-5
2. Zack Waldow/Kevin Candido (North Georgia) over Sean Nguyen/Jose Navarro (Newberry) 6-2
3. Alex Amble/Lawrence Friedland (Newberry) versus Ryan Gaskin/Hughes Renaud (North Georgia) unfinished
Singles
Order of finish: (3, 2, 1, 6, 5, 4)
1. No. 1 Edison Ambarzumjan (Newberry) over No. 35 Jess Jones (North Georgia) 6-1, 7-5, 6-4
2. Niklas Zielen (North Georgia) over Jose Navarro (Newberry) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
3. Ryan Gaskin (North Georgia) over Sean Nguyen (Newberry) 6-4, 7-6
4. Jared Bones (Newberry) over Enrico Haas (Newberry) 6-2, 5-7, 10-7
5. Tim Kiehl (North Georgia) over Alex Amble (Newberry) 6-0, 6-2
6. Zack Waldow (North Georgia) over Lawrence Frieldand (Newberry) 6-4, 6-3