Bulldogs Drop Match 4-3 to Liberty

ASHEVILLE, N.C. - The UNC Asheville men's tennis team lost a close 4-3 match to Liberty Saturday at the Asheville School.

The Flames earned the doubles point by sweeping the doubles competition.

Asheville fell just short of claiming the overall match victory by winning three singles matchs. Mauricio Correa defeated Clay Cypert 6-2, 6-2 in the No. 1 singles match. At No. 2, Nicolai Nonnenbroich beat Louis Styen, 6-1, 6-3. Joe May earned a 6-0, 6-4 victory over Juan Reyes at the No. 5 spot.

Asheville moves to 3-11 overall and 0-2 in the Big South, while Liberty improves its record to 11-5 overall and 1-1 in the Big South.

The Bulldogs will look to bounce back Sunday as they take on conference foe Radford at the Asheville School at 1 p.m.

Doubles
1. Clay Cypert/Giancarlo Lemmi (LU) def. Mauricio Correa/Jonas Brobeck (UNCA) 8-4
2. Chad Simpson/Gregorio Machado (LU) def. Joe May/Nicolai Nonnenbroich (UNCA) 8-4
3. Louis Steyn/Juan Reyes (LU) def. Alexander Greer/Nathan White (UNCA) 8-2

Singles
1. Correa (UNCA) def. Cypert (LU) 6-2, 6-2
2. Nonnenbroich (UNCA) def. Steyn (LU) 6-1, 6-3
3. Simpson (LU) def. Brobeck (UNCA) 7-6, 6-3
4. Lemmi (LU) def. White (UNCA) 6-1, 1-6, 6-1
5. May (UNCA) def. Reyes (LU) 6-0, 6-4
6. Machado (LU) def. Alex Appelt (UNCA) 6-4, 6-3

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Players Mentioned

Jonas Brobeck

Mauricio Correa

Joe May

Nicolai Nonnenbroich

Nathan White

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