HILTON HEAD, S.C. (March 9, 2018) – The Salem University Tigers men's tennis team lost a tough match to the Marian University Knights to closeout the Hilton Head Spring Fest.

With the loss, the Tigers drop to 4-10 on the season. Marian improves to 12-7.

Salem opened the match with two doubles wins and split a pair of three-set matches before falling one match short. The Tigers will return to action on March 18 on the road against Virginia State.

Doubles competition

Ivan Arevalo/Landon Shultz (SU) def. Ian Deiters/Nathan Bogle (MU) 9-8 2
Alex Wittenbaum/Nicholas Marroquin (MU) def. Andres Padilla/Carlos Padilla (SU) 8-3 3
Gregor Lainer/Patryk Garwacki (SU) def. Camilo Mesa/Max Ismoilov (MU) 8-3

Singles competition

Nathan Bogle (MU) def. Ivan Arevalo (SU) 6-3, 6-3 2
Patryk Garwacki (SU) def. Camilo Mesa (MU) 3-6, 6-4, 10-3 3
Ian Deiters (MU) def. Andres Padilla (SU) 6-3, 6-3 4
Gregor Lainer (SU) def. Alex Wittenbaum (MU) 7-6, 6-1 5
Nicholas Marroquin (MU) def. Carlos Padilla (SU) 7-6, 6-2 6
Max Ismoilov (MU) def. Landon Shultz (SU) 6-3, 0-6, 12-10