Braves Stopped at Home by Lamar

VICKSBURG, Miss. – Vicent Llobell Buigues fought hard at No. 3 singles on Sunday morning, as Alcorn Men's Tennis suffered a 7-0 setback to visiting Lamar at Hall's Ferry Tennis Courts in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
 
Alcorn (3-3) entered the match riding a three-match winning streak, but seeking the first against a Division I opponent on the campaign.
 
Lamar (3-7) jumped on top 1-0 after the doubles point, with the Cardinals grabbing victory in all three positions, respectfully. The best match of the doubles action came at the No. 2 spot, where the Cardinals' Fabian Anthin and Vicente Monge outlasted Alcorn's team of Matthew Holl and Vicent Llobell Buigues, 7-5.
 
In singles play, Buigues, a freshman from Alicante, Spain, took Lamar's Stefano Chappuis to an opening set tie-break, before the Cardinals' No. 3 performer claimed the 7-6(5) win in the end. Chappuis staked a 6-1 win in the second set for the straight-set victory.
 
Fabian Juarez of Alcorn battled hard at the No. 4 singles position, before he was ultimately taken down 6-4, 6-4 by Lamar's Guy Dagan. And it was a 6-3, 6-1 win for the visitors' Rintaro Shukuda over the Braves' Sebastian Griffiths, a freshman from Neath, Wales, in the top-flight match on court one.
 
Alcorn will have some time off before welcoming Incarnate Word for a rare doubleheader at Hall's Ferry Tennis Court on Saturday, Feb. 14, with the first match beginning at 10 a.m., in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
 
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COMPLETE RESULTS
Singles Competition
1. Rintaro Shukuda (LU) def. Sebastian Griffiths (ALC) 6-3, 6-1
2. Fabian Anthin (LU) def. Matthew Holl (ALC) 6-4, 6-0
3. Stefano Chappuis (LU) def. Vicent L. Buigues (ALC) 7-6 (7-5), 6-1
4. Vicente Monge (LU) def. Tomas Grime (ALC) 6-2, 6-3
5. Guy Dagan (LU) def. Fabian Juarez (ALC) 6-4, 6-4
6. Axel Bergh (LU) def. Jorge P. Navarrete (ALC) 6-3, 6-1
 
Doubles Competition
1. Maxwell Lindstedt/Leon Nickel (LU) def. Sebastian Griffiths/Fabian Juarez (ALC) 6-1
2. Fabian Anthin/Vicente Monge (LU) def. Matthew Holl/Vicent L. Buigues (ALC) 7-5
3. Axel Bergh/Rintaro Shukuda (LU) def. Jorge P. Navarrete/Tomas Grime (ALC) 6-0