Men's Tennis Dealt With 5-2 Loss to LIU

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BALTIMORE, Md. (February 9, 2024) — The Morgan State men's tennis team suffered its first setback of the 2024 season with a 5-2 loss against the Long Island University on Friday evening in Annapolis, Md.

The Sharks took four singles and captured the doubles point as they improved to a 4-1 overall record.

Morgan's duo of Anthony Parris and Antonio Santos lost to Lucas Harnung and Ales D'Anna, 6-2. The Sharks took the double point after Philip Hible and Mathieu Vinet defeated Mikeal Carpenter and Niles Rachal, 6-3.

In singles action, Danila Ishanka got the Sharks back on the board by posting a 6-0, 6-3 win at court six. Victor Sjostrom followed up with a 6-2, 6-2 win against Parris at court five.

Carpenter, the MEAC's reigning Player of the Week, recorded the Bears' first win of the night as he battled to a 6-4, 6-4 win against Hible at court 1. Morgan kept the momentum going as Rankins outlasted D'Anna by a final score of 6-4, 1-6, 10-8 to earn the win at court four.

LIU closed out the match with a pair of wins at court two and three . 

The Bears next face the University of the District of Columbia at Coppermine Bare Hills at 6 p.m.

DOUBLES (1) P. Hible/M. Vinet vs M. Carpenter/N. Rachal (MSU) - 6-3 (2) / Hartung/D'Anna (LIU) - A. Parris/A. Santos (MSU) - 6-2 (3) M. Brown/R. Rankins (MSU) vs. Sjostrom (LIU) UNF

Order of finish: 2,1 Morgan wins doubles point.

SINGLES  (1) M. Carpenter (MSU) def. P. Hible (LIU) - 6-4, 6-4 (2) Harden (LIU) def. N. Rachal (MSU) - 6-4, 6-4 (3) Vinet (LIU) def. M. Brown (MSU) 6-4, 6-4 (4) R. Rankins (MSU) def. A. D'Anna (LIU) 6-4, 1-6, 10-8 (5) V. Sjostrom (LIU) def. A. Parris (MSU) - 6-2, 6-2 (6) D. Ishanka (LIU) def. T. Parmer (MSU) - 6-0, 6-3

Order of finish: 6,5,1,4,2,3

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