SUMTER, S.C. | Young Harris College Men's Tennis lost 4-0 to Mount Olive in the Semifinals of the Conference Carolinas Tournament on Saturday morning.
QUOTING HEAD COACH MARCY O'CONNOR:
"It may not have been the result we wanted but, I wouldn't have traded this season for anything else. 8-0 in regular season and being the number one seed in the first year in a new conference, we really made a statement this season."
O'Connor added, "So, even though it didn't go our way today, these guys left everything out on the court, and I am so proud of them."
INSIDE THE MATCH:
- Fourth seeded Mount Olive came out hot and earned the doubles point, winning two matches 6-2 and 6-1.
- The Mountain Lions couldn't muster a comeback in singles.
- Hemang Gaur fell 6-3, 6-0 in line six singles, which put Young Harris behind 2-0.
- Rodrigo Mendoza lost a close set one, 7-5. Mount Olive's Kristoffer Dalbak won the second set, 6-1.
- Mount Olive needed one more match to clinch the win and move on. After losing the first set 6-3, Jamie Bixby battled back in the second set, but Guilherme Zotin de Oliveira ended the match with his 7-5 set victory.
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