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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. – The Samford men's tennis team dropped a 5-2 decision at East Tennessee State Saturday afternoon at the Dave Mullins Tennis Complex.
 
"We competed well today," Samford head coach Rahim Esmail said. "We gave ourselves a chance to win but came up a little short. We won a couple of important tiebreakers and lost a couple as well - we needed one of those tiebreakers that we lost to go our way to give ourselves a better chance. We can definitely build off this match. "
 
Samford earned singles wins on the No. 4 and No. 6 courts. At No. 4, Max Rebol defeated Juan Lugo, 7-6, 3-2 (retired). On the No. 6 court, Hugo Moreira defeated Wenceslao Albin, 7-6, 5-2. ETSU earned wins at No. 1, No. 2, No. 3 and No. 5.
 
The Bucs swept the three doubles matches to finish with a 5-2 victory.
 
With the loss, Samford falls to 4-10 overall and 0-3 in Southern Conference play. ETSU improves to 9-6 overall and 4-0 in league matches.
 
Samford will return to action on Saturday, April 8, when the Bulldogs play at Mercer. The match is set for a 10 a.m. start from Macon, Ga.
 
East Tennessee State 5, Samford 2
Singles
1. #51 David Biosca (ETSU) def. Justin Ghavami (SAM) 6-2, 6-0
2. #107 Robert Herrera (ETSU) def. Jake Faundez (SAM) 6-1, 7-6
3. Diego Nunez (ETSU) def. Eduardo L. Sanchez (SAM) 6-3, 4-6, 6-5
4. Max Rebol (SAM) def. Juan Lugo (ETSU) 7-6, 3-2, retired
5. David Gonzalez (ETSU) def. Curran Verma (SAM) 7-6, 6-2
6. Hugo Moreira (SAM) def. Wenceslao Albin (ETSU) 7-6, 5-2
 
Doubles  
1. Diego Nunez/Robert Herrera (ETSU) def. Jake Faundez/Eduardo L. Sanchez (SAM) 6-1
2. David Biosca/Juan Lugo (ETSU) def. Max Rebol/Justin Ghavami (SAM) 6-2
3. David Gonzalez/Wenceslao Albin (ETSU) def. Curran Verma/Austin Heinz (SAM) 6-1