GREENVILLE, S.C. – The Furman men's tennis team wraps up a four-match homestand, and its non-conference schedule, this week hosting the Presbyterian College Blue Hose and Emmanuel (Ga.) Lions at Mickel Tennis Center.
The Paladins face Presbyterian on Tuesday before entertaining Emmanuel (Ga.) on Thursday. Both matches are scheduled to begin at 3 p.m.
Fans can follow the action on www.furmanpaladins.com via live stats and live video. Updates will be posted on the Furman men's tennis Twitter page (@FurmanMTennis).
The Paladins (6-11) opened their homestand last weekend splitting a pair of Southern Conference matches to Chattanooga and The Citadel. Furman suffered a 4-3 defeat to Chattanooga before picking up a 6-1 victory over The Citadel.
In the loss to Chattanooga, the Paladins dropped the doubles point before rallying back to tie the match at 3-3 following singles wins from
Evan Duggal at No. 4,
Walker Allen at No. 5, and
Landon Ecarma at No. 6.
The win over The Citadel saw Furman sweep all three doubles matches from Duggal and Ecarma at No. 2,
Nicolas Dispas and
Nico Snyder at No. 1, and
Alex Han and
Finn Pollard at No. 3 to take the early 1-0 lead. The Paladins followed in singles with five consecutive victories by Dispas at No. 2, Duggal at No. 3, Allen at No. 4, Ecarma at No. 5, and Han at No. 6 to secure the 6-1 win.
Presbyterian currently sits at 8-5 overall while Emmanuel (Ga.) is 13-3 for the year.
Furman is facing Presbyterian for the 36
th time in program history and Emmanuel (Ga.) the fourth. The Paladins hold a 26-9 advantage in the all-time series over Presbyterian and lead 3-0 against Emmanuel (Ga.).
Furman steps back into Southern Conference play Saturday afternoon traveling to Samford for a 2 p.m. match.
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