Men's tennis stumbled in Ostkentucky on Sunday

Richmond, Ky. – At the end of January, the Belmont University-Herren-Tenniste team was completed a longer route with eight games, which received a second set of 4-2 with 4: 2 on Sunday in a row on Sunday in a row. Despite the victories in two of the three best individual positions, the Bruins (4-8) could not get a three-set victory out on the courts 4-6.

Belmont had to play from behind after dropping the most important colon.

“Today was a memory of the growth that this team has to do in dealing with difficult circumstances,” commented head coach Jeff Cero After the match. “I thought Esunge (Ndumbe), Charlie (Robin) and Stefan (Vedovelli) did a great job to give us the chances of winning the team match, but the boys just didn't go as high as we needed and as we know that we can.”

The host Colonels (6-11) won with 6-4 sets, while the senior won the number 1 and No. 2 Diego Castro and junior Eli Mizerski's The set on No. 3 double was set by 4-5 when EKU won the opening point of the game.

After Eastern Kentucky took the lead with a 2-0 lead with a straight victory at Second Singles, Junior, Esunge Ndumbe came through at the top of the line -up. NDUMBE crossed a 6: 4 loss with the first sentence. He stormed back and won two and three in a convincing way with 6: 1, 6: 2.

Newcomer Charlie Robin Then the match was 2-2 with a highly competitive fight with No. 3 singles. Robin fell 6: 4 back in the first set with a 6: 3 victory before sampling himself in a tie-breaker in the third set.

With the match on the fourth to sixth positions, Castro and graduate Niklas from Hellens could not close their opponents after winning the first sets. At number 4 Casto won his opening in a tie -breaker against the Colonel's' Kartik Parhar, but was replaced with 7: 5 with 7: 5 after a defeat. Ryan Kitchin from Eastern Kentucky in Set One defeated 6: 3, but was defeated 6: 4, 6: 1 in the sets Two and three.

In court five in the second year Stefan Vedovelli I seemed on the way to a three-set victory against the Romeo Navarro of the top when the Kitchin from Eastern Kentucky secured the Triumph team on Court Six. Vedovelli led Navarro 4: 1 after a second tie -breaker in the third set.

“We played a lot of away games and for a young team that finds their way, we have to deal with the circumstances right from the start,” said coach Cero. “It starts with our coaching staff and as a team we will surely make some changes.”

Next on

The Bruins will return to the music city next weekend when Belmont organizes Lipscomb near the nearby rivals Lipscomb on Friday afternoon. The home game will be Belmont's outdoor debut of the season in the Beaman Family Tennis Complex on campus. The first surcharge is planned for 4 p.m.

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