Box Score DAYTONA BEACH, FL (March 11) – Facing two nationally ranked doubles teams and one nationally ranked singles player, the University of Mount Olive men's tennis team lost 7-0 against No. 17 Embry-Riddle on Tuesday morning at Ambassador E. William Crotty Tennis Complex.
           
With the loss, the Trojans fall to 2-5 this season with one more non-conference match scheduled tomorrow on their Florida trip before starting conference play this Friday, March 14, versus Chowan. Meanwhile, Embry-Riddle improves to 8-2 overall with a three-match winning streak.

The Eagles claimed the doubles point after securing wins at all three positions on Tuesday. Sophomore Kristoffer Dalbak and junior Philip Peter Carstensen lost by a 4-6 margin against the No. 40 ranked doubles team of Michele Iftimie and Joshua Nuyts in the first slot. The junior duo Bram Poel and Niklas Gruenefeldt dropped a 4-6 decision to the No. 47 ranked doubles team of Enrico Rosellini and Alvaro Diaz Rodrigo in second position, while sophomore Hampus Hagglund and freshman Viggo Lindstrup suffered a close 6-7 (6-8) loss versus Wilson Igbinovia and Mason Cisco in third doubles.

Embry-Riddle sealed the match win after taking all six of the singles contests in the session. Gruenefeldt dropped a 1-6, 3-6 decision to No. 70 nationally-ranked Igbinovia in the first position, while Hagglund fell with a 5-7, 4-6 margin to Nuyts in the second slot. In third singles, freshman Joao Matias Sonaglia battled in a 1-6, 3-6 loss to Rosellini before Lindstrup fell by a 2-6, 1-6 margin in the fourth position to Diaz Rodrigo. Freshman Snyder Pearson dropped a 1-6, 1-6 decision in the fifth slot to Iftimie, and sophomore Jacob Womble suffered a 0-6, 1-6 loss versus Cisco.

The Trojans return tomorrow, Wednesday, March 12, to face No. 2 nationally-ranked Flagler in the third non-conference matchup during spring break in the Pollard Tennis Center in St. Augustine, Florida, at 10 a.m.