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Shemar Alexander

Men's Tennis

No. 3 Saint Leo Tops No. 10 ERAU Men in Top-10 Battle

SAINT LEO, Fla. – The NCAA II team rankings as determined by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association held true on Saturday as third-ranked St. Leo (7-2) topped No. 10 Embry-Riddle (5-4) 6-3.
 
Saturday's play began with Thomas Grinberg and Vincent Suillerot's 8-6 upset of ERAU's seventh-ranked tandem of Carlos Becke and Deepak Vishavkarma at the No. 1 doubles position. The Eagles bounced back to take the remaining two doubles contests, however, as Rodolfo Arreygue and Luke de Caires downed Charles Benet and Willem Van Den Akker 8-6 and Juan Ortiz Couder and Andres Donayre edged Francisco Aparicio and Oskar Numio 9-8 (2).
 
While the Eagles won the doubles battle, it was the Lions who had the better of the singles match-ups. No. 44 Suillerot scored the Lions' second point with a 6-2, 6-2 win over Becke on court two, while Aparicio bounced back from an early deficit to top Vishavkarma in three sets, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2.
 
At No. 1 singles 14th-ranked Grinberg earned a 6-3, 6-4 victory over 18th-ranked Ortiz Couder, and Benet scored the clinching point with a 6-3, 7-5 win against Arreygue at the fourth spot.
 
The Eagles' next match will be against Bethune Cookman at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday at the Crotty Tennis Complex.
 
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Players Mentioned

Rodolfo Arreygue

Rodolfo Arreygue

5' 7"
Junior
Carlos Becke

Carlos Becke

6' 2"
Junior
Luke de Caires

Luke de Caires

5' 8"
Senior
Juan Ortiz Couder

Juan Ortiz Couder

6' 2"
Sophomore
Andres Donayre

Andres Donayre

5' 9"
Freshman
Deepak Vishavkarma

Deepak Vishavkarma

6' 2"
Junior

Players Mentioned

Rodolfo Arreygue

Rodolfo Arreygue

5' 7"
Junior
Carlos Becke

Carlos Becke

6' 2"
Junior
Luke de Caires

Luke de Caires

5' 8"
Senior
Juan Ortiz Couder

Juan Ortiz Couder

6' 2"
Sophomore
Andres Donayre

Andres Donayre

5' 9"
Freshman
Deepak Vishavkarma

Deepak Vishavkarma

6' 2"
Junior