Men's Tennis | 4/6/2016 5:12:00 PM
ROCKY MOUNT, N.C. – The Methodist men's team suffered its first conference loss on Wednesday afternoon, an 8-1 rout by the 2015 USA South Conference champions, N.C. Wesleyan.
With the loss, the Monarchs are now 11-5 overall and 8-1 in conference play while the Battlin' Bishops improve to 12-6 overall and remain undefeated in league play, 10-0. With the win, the Bishops have clinched the USA South regular-season championship title.
Methodist's lone win came in the No. 3 line in singles play where
Teal Howard defeated J.D. Telles in a hard fought 6-3, 7-6 (7-1) battle.
The Green and Gold will finish regular season play on Saturday at 1:00 pm against Ferrum College.
| Singles competition |
| 1. Sebastian Sikh (NCWM) def. R.J. Clement (MUMT) 6-3, 6-3 |
| 2. Ioannis Brokakis (NCWM) def. Taylor Buccholz (MUMT) 6-3, 7-6 (7-1) |
| 3. Teal Howard (MUMT) def. J.D. Telles (NCWM) 6-2, 5-7 (10-8) |
| 4. Mark Sokolov (NCWM) def. John Dangerfield (MUMT) 6-3, 6-3 |
| 5. Mikhail Konnov (NCWM) def. Jacob Groce (MUMT) 6-3, 6-3 |
| 6. Henry Lam (NCWM) def. Max Mancini (MUMT) 6-3, 6-4 |
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