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Men's Tennis

Dragons battle for 5-4 win over Hillsdale

Tiffin University (7-6) battled from behind all day long but pulled out big singles victories to defeat Hillsdale on the road 5-4.

Tiffin opened with a win at first doubles but dropped the other two matches to trail 2-1 heading to singles play. Luis Ludena/Elio Lezama Perez won 8-6 in the closest doubles contest, while Nikita Parfenov/Toby Cutting fell 8-4 and Santiago de la Rosa Mora/Tom Arias lost 8-3.

After Ludena lost 6-0, 6-2 in singles, Arias won in straight sets 6-4, 6-1. The remaining singles matches all went three sets, with TU winning three of them. Parfenov gutted out a 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 victory, while Cutting did the same, winning 3-6, 7-5, 6-3. Sorin Navrotchi also posted a decisive comeback win 4-6, 6-4, 6-2. The lone three set loss was from de la Rosa Mora 6-0, 5-7, 6-2.

 

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Players Mentioned

Tom Arias

Tom Arias

Junior
Toby Cutting

Toby Cutting

Junior
Santiago de la Rosa Mora

Santiago de la Rosa Mora

Junior
Elio Lezama Perez

Elio Lezama Perez

Senior
Luis Ludena

Luis Ludena

Senior
Sorin Navrotchi

Sorin Navrotchi

Senior
Nikita Parfenov

Nikita Parfenov

Freshman

Players Mentioned

Tom Arias

Tom Arias

Junior
Toby Cutting

Toby Cutting

Junior
Santiago de la Rosa Mora

Santiago de la Rosa Mora

Junior
Elio Lezama Perez

Elio Lezama Perez

Senior
Luis Ludena

Luis Ludena

Senior
Sorin Navrotchi

Sorin Navrotchi

Senior
Nikita Parfenov

Nikita Parfenov

Freshman