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SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Samford men's tennis team fell by a score of 4-3 in Southern Conference action Saturday afternoon at Wofford.

"Today was a tough battle," Samford head coach Rahim Esmail said. "We had some tough, adverse conditions to play in, but the team showed a lot of character and maturity, and I am proud of them for that. We did not play our best, and got off to a slow start, but still put ourselves in a position to be successful - it was just a little too late when we made our push. Doubles hurt us as well - we had chances at 1 and 2 and let them slip."
 
Wofford swept the three doubles matches to earn the first point of the match. The Terriers won at No. 1 doubles, 7-5, at No. 2 doubles, 6-3 and at No. 3 doubles, 6-1.
 
Samford earned wins in singles at No. 2, No. 3 and No. 4. Wofford, however, took wins on the No. 1, No. 5 and No. 6 singles courts to earn the 4-3 victory.
 
At No. 2 singles, Jake Faundez defeated Lucas Cerbelli, 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-4). On the No. 3 singles court, Eduardo Lourido Sanchez defeated Parks Schoen, 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. Max Rebol picked up a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Jack Thomas at No. 4 singles.
 
With the loss, Samford falls to 4-9 overall and 0-2 in Southern Conference matches. Wofford improves to 11-7 overall and 1-2 in league matches.
 
Samford will return to action on April 1, when the Bulldogs play at ETSU.
 
Wofford 4, Samford 3
Singles
1. Haris Poric (WOF) def. Justin Ghavami (SAM) 6-1, 6-2
2. Jake Faundez (SAM) def. Lucas Cerbelli (WOF) 2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-4)
3. Eduardo L. Sanchez (SAM) def. Parks Schoen (WOF) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
4. Max Rebol (SAM) def. Jack Thomas (WOF) 6-4, 6-2
5. Julian Chousa (WOF) def. Curran Verma (SAM) 6-0, 7-5
6. Kyle Barr (WOF) def. Hugo Moreira (SAM) 6-3, 6-2
 
Doubles
1. Haris Poric/Trevor Gotkowski (WOF) def. Jake Faundez/Eduardo L. Sanchez (SAM) 7-5
2. Andrew Graham/Patrick Longest (WOF) def. Max Rebol/Justin Ghavami (SAM) 6-3
3. Jack Thomas/Lucas Cerbelli (WOF) def. Curran Verma/Austin Heinz (SAM) 6-1