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Men's Tennis Dominates for Second Consecutive Win

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COLUMBIA, Ky. - The Lindsey Wilson men's tennis team conquered Bethel (Tenn.), 7-0, notching their first conference win at Henry Baughman Tennis Complex on Thursday afternoon.

In the doubles matches, Firas Ben Chouikha and Santiago Diaz defeated Pedro Donadon and  Arthur Trigno, 6-1, as Tiago Almeida and Ilyas Kouchairi toppled Juan Hernandez and Leonel Caspe, 6-2, giving the Blue Raiders the doubles point. Jan Silhavy and Anatoliy Voloshyn downed Pedro Vecchi and Renato Gravina, 6-4, showing Lindsey Wilson sweep the doubles matches.

In the singles portion, No. 20-ranked Silhavy defeated Donadon, 6-1, 6-1, leading to Chouikha downing Hernandez, 6-1, 7-5. No. 48-ranked Almeida then stepped onto court one and dominated Marcos Neves, 6-1, 6-0, giving the Blue Raiders the 4-0 win. The two squads would go on to finish out the rest of the matches with Kouchairi winning a thrilling battle against Vecchi, 3-6, 7-6 (8), 10-4, Lucas Marques defeating Trigno, 6-1, 6-1, and finally Voloshyn rounding out the afternoon with a 6-4, 6-0 victory over Caspe.

The Blue Raiders will be back in action tomorrow at Henry Baughman Tennis Complex where they will take on Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) at 2 p.m. CT.

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Players Mentioned

Anatoliy Voloshyn

Anatoliy Voloshyn

Junior
Santiago Diaz

Santiago Diaz

Senior
Firas Ben Chouikha

Firas Ben Chouikha

Freshman
Ilyas Kouchairi

Ilyas Kouchairi

Freshman
Jan Silhavy

Jan Silhavy

Junior
Lucas Marques

Lucas Marques

Freshman
Tiago Almeida

Tiago Almeida

Junior

Players Mentioned

Anatoliy Voloshyn

Anatoliy Voloshyn

Junior
Santiago Diaz

Santiago Diaz

Senior
Firas Ben Chouikha

Firas Ben Chouikha

Freshman
Ilyas Kouchairi

Ilyas Kouchairi

Freshman
Jan Silhavy

Jan Silhavy

Junior
Lucas Marques

Lucas Marques

Freshman
Tiago Almeida

Tiago Almeida

Junior
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