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LWC Men's Tennis wins 2018 Mid-South Conference title

Beats Cumberland 5-4 to capture conference championship and with it an automatic automatic bid into the NAIS national tennis tournament.
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By Chris Wells, LWC Sports Information Director

BOWLING GREEN, KY - (Sat 28 Apr 2018) Top-seeded Lindsey Wilson men's tennis completed a comeback today with a 5-4 win over second-seeded Cumberland (TN) in the Mid-South Conference Tournament final at Warren East Tennis Courts.

Today's final concluded a suspended match from last Sunday that was halted due to prolonged rains. No. 7 Cumberland (20-3) led 4-3 when the rains came forcing today's conclusion.



\\ Denis Porcic and Camilo Erazo capped the come-from-behind win in just 37 minutes.

Leading 7-5, 4-4 at the start of the day, Erazo won all six points he played to beat Pau Grabuleda Cruanas -- ranked No. 7 in the NAIA -- 7-5, 6-4 in the second-seeded match to pull the No. 4-ranked Blue Raiders (14-0) even at 4-4 in the team match.

Porcic -- ranked fifth in the NAIA -- closed out the match winning four of five games today to beat 24th-ranked Ramon Puertolas 6-3, 4-6, 6-1 to claim the Blue Raiders' 14th MSC Tournament title.

Ivan Solans Diaz captured the other singles win for the Blue Raiders -- beating Thiago Lopes 6-3, 6-3 last Sunday.

Lindsey Wilson led 2-1 after doubles play last week.

Diaz and Javier Raya opened the championship match with an 8-3 doubles win over Thiago Lopes and Axel Lucich for a 1-0 lead.

Riccardo Ferraris and Puertolas tied the match at 1-1 with a 9-7 win over Edberg Espinoza and Steven Espinoza in the third-seeded match.

Erazo and Porcic teamed to give the Blue Raiders the 2-1 advantage with a 9-8 win over Cruanas and Francisco Fernandez in the top-seeded match. The Lindsey Wilson tandem -- who improves to 13-0 this season as a doubles team -- won the tiebreak 7-4.

Fernandez tied the team match at 2-2 with the first win at singles. He upended Raya 6-4, 6-2 in the fifth-seeded match.

Diaz followed with his win in the fourth-seeded match to give Lindsey Wilson a 3-2 lead.

Ferraris and Lucich picked up wins at No. 3 and No. 6 singles to push the Phoenix in front 4-3 prior to the rains moving in.

Porcic and Erazo closed out the championship today, almost a week after the top-10 match began.

Lindsey Wilson earns the conference's automatic bid into the national tournament, which begins May 15 in Mobile, Alabama. The national tournament bracket will be announced on May 8.


This story was posted on 2018-04-29 04:00:10
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MSC Men's Tennis Champions - 2018



2018-04-29 - Warren East High School, 6867 Louisville Road (campus), Bowling Green, KY - Photo from LWC Athletics, Chris Wells, Sports Information Director.
Lindsey Wilson Men's and Women's Head Tennis Coach, Justin Martin, far left, in his first year at the helm of the Blue Raiders, poses with the 2018 Mid South Conference Champion Men's Tennis Team. Team members are Ivan Solans Diaz, Javier Raya, Dennis Porcic, Camilo Erazo, Edberg Espinoza, and Steven Espinoza. As champions, LWC gets an automatic bid to the NAIA National Championship matches in Mobile, AL in May. - EW

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