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Winner Lindsey Wilson College LWC-M (6-2)
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Missouri Baptist University MBU-M (9-4)
Winner
Lindsey Wilson College LWC-M
(6-2)
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Final
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Missouri Baptist University MBU-M
(9-4)

Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

Men's Tennis beats Missouri Baptist in dramatic fashion

ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- No. 21-ranked Lindsey Wilson men's tennis won a tie break in the decisive singles match to beat host Missouri Baptist 4-3 today at Dwight Davis Tennis Center.

Anatoliy Voloshyn won his third-set tiebreaker 7-5 to help the Blue Raiders to a season-high fourth straight win.

Voloshyn -- who has won four straight singles matches -- came back after dropping the first set of his singles match to Arkhip Tokmakov on court five. Voloshyn won the second set 7-5 and his tiebreaker by the same score to push the Blue Raiders (6-2) over the finish line.

The win came on the heels of Missouri Baptist (9-4) erasing a 3-1 deficit with two straight singles wins on courts two and six.

Lindsey Wilson built its lead in the back-and-forth match with singles wins on courts one, three, and four.

The Spartans opened the match by winning two of the three doubles matches to take an early 1-0 lead in the team match.

Lucas Marques tied the match in the fourth-seeded match with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Timofey Tokmakov. Miquel Perez nudged the Blue Raiders in front with a 6-4, 6-1 win over court three. Perez joined Voloshyn with today's win with a team-high fourth straight victory.

Jan Silhavy -- ranked seventh in the NAIA in singles -- gave the Blue Raiders a 3-1 lead in the team match following his 6-2, 6-0 win over 50th-ranked Luca da Silva Ebenriter.

Missouri Baptist tied the match two matches later, setting up the Voloshyn heroics.

Lindsey Wilson returns to action at 4 p.m. CT on Saturday, March 9, as the Blue Raiders travel to No.6-ranked William Woods (Mo.) in Fulton, Missouri.

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