NEWBERRY, S.C. – The Newberry College men's tennis team (8-10, 5-7 South Atlantic Conference) narrowly dropped their final regular season matchup to the No. 41 Carson-Newman Eagles (12-7, 10-2 SAC) 4-3.
After losing at No. 3 doubles, sophomores
Mateo Bivol (Bordeaux, France) and
Laurenz Grabia (Altdorf, Germany) took a victory at No. 1 doubles 7-5. Junior
Enzo Blavignat (Bordeaux, France) and sophomore
Joshua Fritz (Waiblingen, Germany) secured the point with a 7-6 victory at No. 2 doubles.
Bivol kept his incredible individual season rolling by starting the Wolves off with a 6-0, 6-4 victory at No. 1 singles. After senior
Lawrence Friedland (Cary, N.C.) fell at No. 5 singles, Grabia secured the victory at No. 3 singles 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, putting the Wolves one point away from securing the match.
However the Eagles took the matches at No. 2, 4 and 6 singles and took the victory 4-3.
With their regular season slate complete, the Wolves look forward to the South Atlantic Conference Championship in Sumter starting on Thursday, April 20.