TIGERVILLE, S.C. | The Young Harris College men's tennis team swept three double matches en route to a 5-4 non-conference victory over North Greenville University Wednesday (March 2) afternoon at the Vance Tennis Complex.
 
The 41st-ranked Mountain Lions improved to 5-1 while the Crusaders fell to 0-5. Young Harris returns to the Bob & Gayle Nichols Tennis Complex Saturday (March 5) when they face Georgia Southwestern State University in a 2:30 p.m. Peach Belt Conference match.
 
Young Harris swept through the three doubles matches and pushed its lead to 4-0 when Raul Quevedo won his match at No. 4 singles 6-2, 6-2. The Crusaders won three singles matches to get within 4-3, but Jan-Niklas Graetz closed out the match for Young Harris with a 6-1, 7-6 (2) win at No. 5 singles.
 
#41 YOUNG HARRIS 5, NORTH GREENVILLE 4
Singles competition
1. Sjors van Eck (NGU) def. Alex Pavel (YHC) 6-3, 6-2
2. Sergio Araujo (NGU) def. Daniel Tiboldi (YHC) 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (10-7)
3. Jose Gomez (NGU) def. Hamed Gandouz (YHC) 6-4, 6-2
4. Raul Quevedo (YHC) def. Alejandro Torre (NGU) 6-2, 6-2
5. Jan-Niklas Graetz (YHC) def. Marcelo Yshikawa (NGU) 6-1, 7-6 (7-2)
6. Edmundo Torres (NGU) def. Joey McCorkle (YHC) 6-3, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. Alex Pavel/Hamed Gandouz (YHC) def. Jose Gomez/Marcelo Yshikawa (NGU) 8-5
2. Raul Quevedo/Daniel Tiboldi (YHC) def. Sjors van Eck/Alejandro Torre (NGU) 8-3
3. Brecht Vangrinsven/Jan-Niklas Graetz (YHC) def. Sergio Araujo/Eduardo Santana (NGU) 8-5

Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (4,6,3,1,5,2)