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Alvaro De Lorenzo
4
Winner Auburn University at Mont. AUM (5-4)
3
Harding HU (7-3)
Winner
Auburn University at Mont. AUM
(5-4)
4
Final
3
Harding HU
(7-3)

Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | by Matt Francis

Bisons Fall to AUM 4-3

The No. 43-ranked Harding men's tennis team led 3-1 with three singles matches to play but eventually lost to Auburn-Montgomery 4-3 on Thursday morning. Harding fell to 7-4 on the year with Auburn-Montgomery improves to 6-4.
 
The Bisons swept the doubles point for the sixth time this season and led 1-0 to start the match. Alvaro de Lorenzo and Morgan Salvan, the No. 28-ranked doubles team in Division II, grabbed the first win of the day with a 6-3 victory at No. 2. Milosh Petrovic and Diego Pierola won their second straight match at No. 3, 6-4 to clinch the doubles point. Arthur Bellan and Dani Ortiz, the No. 41-ranked doubles team in Division II, finished the doubles sweep with a 7-6 (7-2) win at No. 1.
 
The Warhawks took the first singles match at No. 2 before de Lorenzo and Petrovic put the Bisons just one point away from the victory. De Lorenzo won his third straight match with a 7-5, 6-2 win at No. 4. Petrovic improved to 7-2 on the year with a 6-1, 3-6, 6-2 win at No. 6. The Warhawks would go on to take the remaining three singles points to win the match.
 
The Bisons will return to the court on Wednesday, March 23 when the take on Arkansas-Fort Smith in Searcy at 1 p.m.
 
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