BLACK MOUNTAIN, N.C. The Methodist University's men's tennis team continued its winning ways on Saturday morning, as the visiting Monarchs defeated the Cavaliers of Montreat College 5–2 in non-conference action.

JUST THE FACTS
Final scores: Methodist def. Montreat 5–2
Records: Methodist 8–2; Montreat 3–12
Location: Black Mountain, North Carolina

HOW IT HAPPENED

• With set scores of 6-2, each of Methodist's top two double pairs captured the doubles point. The No. 1s of Wills Belser and Harry Crokam took down Montreat's Daniel Diez and Bruno-Casimir Gehlhaar. At the same time, Daniel Garcia Estrabot and Youssef Idboufous fell at No. 2 doubles to the Monarch's Matthew Hurley and Decklan Rayner.
• The Cavaliers began singles competition with a victory at No. 4, with Ibai Lopez defeating Drew Guarnieri defeated 6-2, 6-2, but then the Monarchs triumphed on courts five and one. Christian Tihanovich swiftly defeated Ben Smith 6-1, 6-2 at the No. 5 position, while Matthew Hurley secured a 6-2, 6-0 win over Daniel Diez on the first court.
• After Methodist took a 3–1 match lead, the Monarchs had to forgo No. 2 singles due to an injury retirement.
• The final two Methodist players to complete their matches were Ethan Carlyle (No. 6) and Harry Crokam (No. 3), both of whom won their respective flights. With scores of 6-1, 6-0 Carlyle beaten Kelson Rymer followed by Crokam edging out Youssef Idboufous 0-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-5).

UP NEXT
Methodist will be in Virginia for its next three matches, starting with a USA South contest at Southern Virginia University on Saturday, April 5, at 11 AM.