HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -- The Mercyhurst men's tennis team suffered a 5-2 loss to 12th-ranked Palm Beach Atlantic on Friday.

Palm Beach Atlantic won 2 of 3 doubles matches to take a 1-0 lead and then claimed 4 of 6 singles matches.

Cormac McCooey and Unai Amilleta Gonzalez claimed a doubles victory for MU on the No. 1 tier, defeating Umberto Rosi and Thomas Salmon, 6-1.

Ruairidh Fraser and Sebastian Pardo had singles wins for the Lakers. Fraser won at second singles against Erik Carlsten, 2-6, 6-4, 11-9. Pardo defeated Salmon, 6-4, 6-1, at No.4 singles.


Palm Beach Atlantic (Fla.) def. Mercyhurst University 5-2
S1: Philipp Hoffmann (P) def. Cormac McCooey 6-3, 6-2
S2: Ruairidh Fraser (M) def. Erik Carlsten 2-6, 6-4, 1-0(9)
S3: Rodolfo Hasegawa (P) def. Unai Amilleta Gonzalez 6-4, 1-6, 1-0(5)
S4: Sebastian Pardo (M) def. Thomas Salmon 6-4, 6-1
S5: Carlos Niemeyer (P) def. Roy Yaron 6-1, 6-0
S6: Carlos Meneses Pena (P) def. Arseniy Skylarov 2-6, 6-3, 1-0(5)
D1: Cormac McCooey / Unai Amilleta Gonzalez def. Umberto Rosi / Thomas Salmon 6-1
D2: Erik Carlsten / Rodolfo Hasegawa def. Arseniy Skylarov / Ruairidh Fraser 6-1
D3: Philipp Hoffmann / Carlos Niemeyer def. Roy Yaron / Sebastian Pardo 6-0