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RICHMOND, Ky. – The Samford men's tennis team dropped a 5-2 decision at Eastern Kentucky Friday afternoon at the Greg Adams Tennis Center.
 
Eastern Kentucky swept the three doubles matches to jump out to a 1-0 lead. EKU then earned wins at No. 1, No. 2, No. 4 and No. 6 singles. Samford's wins in the match came at No. 3 and No. 5 singles.
 
At No. 3 singles, Eduardo Lourido Sanchez defeated Guillem Sanchis, 6-3, 6-3. Curran Verma took a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Parth Aggarwal on the No. 5 singles court.
 
Samford falls to 1-4 with the loss. Eastern Kentucky improves to 4-3 with the victory.
 
Samford will remain in Richmond, Ky., where the Bulldogs will take on Xavier Saturday at 12 p.m. (CT).
 
Eastern Kentucky University 5, Samford Men's Tennis 2
Singles competition
1. Ramon van Flymen (EKU) def. Justin Ghavami (SAM) 7-6, 6-7, 6-3
2. Sebastian Mueller (EKU) def. Jake Faundez (SAM) 6-3, 6-3
3. Eduardo L. Sanchez (SAM) def. Guillem Sanchis (EKU) 6-3, 6-3
4. Jan Kuehling (EKU) def. Max Rebol (SAM) 7-5, 6-4
5. Curran Verma (SAM) def. Parth Aggarwal (EKU) 6-4, 6-2
6. Diego Asis (EKU) def. Hugo Moreira (SAM) 6-3, 6-3
 
Doubles competition
1. Sebastian Mueller/Jan Kuehling (EKU) def. Jake Faundez/Hugo Moreira (SAM) 6-1
2. Ramon van Flymen/Guillem Sanchis (EKU) def. Max Rebol/Eduardo L. Sanchez (SAM) 7-5
3. Diego Asis/Romain Stoffels (EKU) def. Curran Verma/Justin Ghavami (SAM) 6-3