HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - The Newberry College men's tennis team (6-10, 0-5 SAC) fell 1-6 in their opening match of the PTR Spring Tennis Fest to Division I opponent, the Lehigh Mountain Hawks.

The Mountain Hawks were able to strike first in doubles, clinching the doubles point by taking the No. 1 and No. 3 doubles positions. Mateo Bivol (Bordeaux, France) and Leo Zancheta (Assis, Brazil) were able to put up a strong fight at No. 2 doubles, but they too would fall by a competitive score of 4-6.

The Mountain Hawks continued their momentum into singles play, clinching the match overall with wins at the No. 4, No. 5, and No. 6 singles positions, but the Wolves kept fighting.  Marcel Schomburg (Bingen, Germany) and Stratas Anastopoulo (Charleston, S.C.) each provided strong efforts despite ultimately losing at No. 2 and No. 3 singles respectively. However, despite the match being out of hand, Bivol came up big by earning a 7-6 4-6 1-0 win at the top singles position after a third-set super tiebreaker against a Division I opponent, demonstrating why he was awarded with the March 14 South Atlantic Conference AstroTurf Men's Tennis Player of the Week Award.

The Wolves return to action on Tuesday, March 15 when they will face another Division I opponent in the Lafayette College Leopards with the match scheduled to begin at 9 a.m.