ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Eckerd men's tennis team fell to Embry-Riddle 7-0 in their final match of the season at the Fred Bullard Courts on Saturday afternoon.
The Tritons (7-11) fell to the Eagles (13-5) after dropping the doubles point and all six singles matches.
Eckerd battled to win the doubles point, with the top two pairings falling in a 7-5 decision.
Mario Kirkov put up a good fight in the No. 2 singles, falling 6-4, 7-5 in straight sets. Phil Grueninger also narrowly dropped set one 7-5 in the No. 6 position, before falling 6-0 in the second set.
The match brings the end of the career of Eckerd's senior, Christian Kearns.
Singles competition
1. Safar Rasulov (ERAUM) def. Batu Ataseven (ECM) 6-1, 6-4
2. Joshua Nuyts (ERAUM) def. Mario Kirkov (ECM) 6-4, 7-5
3. Fernando Alonso (ERAUM) def. Christian Kearns (ECM) 6-2, 6-2
4. Alvaro Diaz Rodrigo (ERAUM) def. Marshall Hulett (ECM) 6-2, 6-2
5. Caelan Potts (ERAUM) def. Eric Asakura (ECM) 6-1, 6-3
6. Luke Paschal (ERAUM) def. Phil Grueninger (ECM) 7-5, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. Joshua Nuyts/Michele Iftimie (ERAUM) def. Christian Kearns/Batu Ataseven (ECM) 7-5
2. Caelan Potts/Fernando Alonso (ERAUM) def. Mario Kirkov/Marshall Hulett (ECM) 7-5
3. Alvaro Diaz Rodrigo/Safar Rasulov (ERAUM) def. Eric Asakura/Phil Grueninger (ECM) 6-3
