THE LEAD
The DBU Men's Tennis battled with St. Edward's in each set but fell short, 0-9, against a very strong SEU team.
 
The Patriots hung with St. Edward's right from the start in doubles play with #1 Cannon Jones and Nick Gilmore getting outlasted 8-5 in a resilient battle. While the #3 duo, Jacob Delao and Jordan Jackson bested in extras 9-7.
 
RESULTS
DBU 0, SEU 9
 
SINGLES
#1 Shin (SEU) def. Cannon Jones (DBU) 6-1, 7-5
#2 Drumwright (SEU) def. Nick Gilmore (DBU) 6-1, 6-0
#3 Mercado (SEU) def. Jordan Jackson (DBU) 6-1, 6-2
#4 Robinson (SEU) def. Riley Smith (DBU) 6-4, 6-1
#5 Tsioumas (SEU) def. Isaac Childs (DBU) 6-3, 6-4
#6 Morehouse (SEU) def. Jacob Delao (DBU) 6-2, 6-3
 
DOUBLES
#1 Bartlett/Morehouse (SEU) def. Jones/Gilmore (DBU) 8-5
#2 Shin/De Col (SEU) def. Smith/Childs (DBU) 8-2
#3 Robinson/Ikovic (SEU) def. Delao/Jackson (DBU) 9-7
 
COACH ALEX BAKER ON CLOSING THE GAP WITH STRONG COMPETITION
"The guys came out firing in doubles. We were in every single game on all three doubles courts. I was very proud of their fight and the desire they had to win. We came up a little short in doubles and could not turn the momentum around. Very proud of the guys as they are closing the gap between high ranked teams and themselves."
 
UP NEXT
Men's tennis will be traveling to Texarkana, Texas Saturday, April 1^st for a doubleheader against John Brown University at 8 AM and Texas A&M-Texarkana at 1 PM.