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Men's Tennis Wins NAIA Qualifying Tournament Title

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CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. -- The Lindsey Wilson College men's tennis team earned a trip to the NAIA National Tournament with a pair of wins today at the NAIA Qualifying Tournament at Champions Club.

The No. 17-ranked and second-seeded Blue Raiders disposed of Tennessee Wesleyan College 6-3 in the tournament's semifinals this morning and closed the day with a 5-3 win over No. 10-ranked and top-seed Union (Ky.) College to claim the title.

Lindsey Wilson advances to the NAIA National Tournament May 17-21 at the Mobile Tennis Center in Mobile, Ala.

In today's semifinals, the Blue Raiders top four players each tasted victory twice en route to the 6-3 win over Tennessee Wesleyan (11-6).

Lindsey Wilson's top doubles team Andrews Moraes and Andre Santos won handling 8-3 over Tennessee Wesleyan's Giovanni Santos and Juan Estevez. At No. 2 doubles, Victor Saez and Fabricio Morales won 8-6 over Nick Fynn David Escobosa to give the Blue Raiders a pair of points after doubles play.

Tennessee Wesleyan's Tanner Stancil and Eric Chastain earned their team's only doubles point with an 8-0 win over Jacob Bryant and Clinton Berry.

In singles, Lindsey Wilson won at the top four spots to close the match with a 6-3 win. Morales, Moraes, Saez and Santos each won in straight sets to punch the Blue Raiders' ticket into the finals.

In almost a carbon copy of the semifinals, the top of the Blue Raiders' lineup led the team a 5-3 win over favorite Union.

Once again the top two doubles seeds for the Blue Raiders (14-5) won by identical 8-4 scores to give Lindsey Wilson a 2-1 lead heading into singles play.

Saez and Santos pushed the Lindsey Wilson total to four wins after their straight set wins at the No. 3 and 4 singles matches.

Morales closed out the win with a 6-2, 6-0 dominating performance over Union's No. 1 seed Nicolas Ernst.

The win is the Blue Raiders 12th straight heading into national tournament play.
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Players Mentioned

Andrews Moraes

Andrews Moraes

Senior
Andre Santos

Andre Santos

Senior
Clinton Berry

Clinton Berry

Freshman
Fabricio Morales

Fabricio Morales

Freshman
Jacob Bryant

Jacob Bryant

Freshman
Victor Saez

Victor Saez

Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Andrews Moraes

Andrews Moraes

Senior
Andre Santos

Andre Santos

Senior
Clinton Berry

Clinton Berry

Freshman
Fabricio Morales

Fabricio Morales

Freshman
Jacob Bryant

Jacob Bryant

Freshman
Victor Saez

Victor Saez

Sophomore
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