ORLANDO, Fla. - After securing a win earlier in the day, the Juniata men's tennis team returned to the court with an afternoon match against Ohio Wesleyan. The Battling Bishops won by the score of 8-1.
OWU took wins in all of the doubles matches. All three were decided by two points with first flight going to nine points as the pair of Shouta Fukamachi and Jakraraj Rungaseng outlasted Dan Ansel (Lancaster, Pa./Manheim Township) and Matyas Kohout (Krhanice, Czech Republic/Gymnasium Jizni Mesto) 9-7.
The lone victory for the Eagles came in second singles. Roy Liberman (Montevideo, Uruguay/EIHU) easily won against Rungaseng 6-0, 6-1. Bryan Gregory's (Glen Mills, Pa/Garnet Valley) match at fifth singles went to a super tiebreaker but his opponent Felipe Duarte was able to come away with the 4-6, 6-2, 10-7 decision.
JC is off tomorrow and will next play again on Wednesday. The Eagles face Wittenberg in the morning at 11 a.m. and wrap up with Lake Forest in the evening at 7:30 p.m.
