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Liberty University
Lipscomb
No. 71 Flames Bounce Back With 5-2 Sunday Win Versus Bisons
3/27/2022 7:17:00 PM | Men's Tennis
The No. 71-ranked Liberty Flames earned a 5-2 win versus the Lipscomb Bisons at the Liberty Indoor Tennis Center, Sunday.
Liberty (6-9) is back to .500 (2-2) in ASUN matches, while Lipscomb (4-9) falls below .500 with a 1-2 mark in league play. The Flames stay unbeaten (4-0) against the Bisons since joining the conference.
Liberty finishes the weekend with a 2-1 record after hosting three matches in three days versus Lipscomb (Sunday), No. 60 Florida Atlantic (Saturday) and Jacksonville State (Friday). The Flames were 2-0 in ASUN contests, this weekend.
Liberty junior Josh Wilson earned his 70th career singles victory today, becoming the eighth player in program history to accomplish the feat.
#71 Liberty 5, Lipscomb 2
Singles Competition
- Josh Wilson (LIBERTYM) def. BOGDANOVICH, Maksim (LIP-M) 6-4, 6-3
- Nicaise Muamba (LIBERTYM) def. MESQUIDA, Alex (LIP-M) 6-0, 6-1
- R. Marques Da Silva (LIBERTYM) def. URIBE, Pedro (LIP-M) 6-0, 6-3
- Christiaan Worst (LIBERTYM) def. GARCIA-NIETO, Gon. (LIP-M) 6-3, 6-3
- Thando Longwe-Smit (LIBERTYM) def. FISCHER, Sam (LIP-M) 6-2, 6-1
- PENNY, Jake (LIP-M) def. Omar El Kadi (LIBERTYM) 2-6, 6-2, 6-4
Doubles Competition
- URIBE, Pedro/GARCIA-NIETO, Gon. (LIP-M) def. Nicaise Muamba/R. Marques Da Silva (LIBERTYM) 6-4
- FISCHER, Sam/MESQUIDA, Alex (LIP-M) def. Omar El Kadi/Thando Longwe-Smit (LIBERTYM) 6-2
- Christiaan Worst/Josh Wilson (LIBERTYM) def. SKRABUT, David/PENNY, Jake (LIP-M) 6-2
Liberty 6-9, 2-2 ASUN; National ranking #71
Lipscomb 4-9, 1-2 ASUN
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (2,5,1,3,4,6)
Official: Harrison/Williams T-2:30
How It Happened
• Liberty lost the doubles point for the first time in four matches but won the No. 1-5 singles matches, all in straight sets.
• Lipscomb's No. 2 and No. 1 doubles pairings set the tone in the early going to earn the first point of the match. The Bisons' No. 2 duo, Sam Fischer and Alex Mesquida, never trailed in their match with Omar El Kadi and Thando Longwe-Smit on the way to a 6-2 triumph.
• Liberty's No. 3 unit, Christiaan Worst and Josh Wilson, led throughout their bout against David Skrabut and Jake Penny and prevailed 6-2.
• The Flames' No. 1 squad, Nicaise Muamba and Rafael Marques Da Silva, trailed 5-1 in their match with Pedro Uribe and Gonzalo Garcia-Nieto before clawing back to get within a game (5-4). Uribe and Garcia-Nieto closed out the match in the next game for a 6-4 win and a 1-0 Lipscomb lead.
• Liberty's No. 1-5 singles players won a combined 60 games while surrendering 20 games.
• Muamba was the first Flame to emerge victorious in singles, defeating Mesquida 6-0, 6-1. Shortly after Muamba's victory, Longwe-Smit gave the hosts their first lead of the day, 2-1. The Cape Town, South Africa native avenged a loss to Fischer in doubles with a 6-2, 6-1 singles victory.
• Wilson improved to 3-0 in the No. 1 singles slot since being inserted there on Friday. The junior topped Maksim Bogdanovich 6-4, 6-3. Wilson is 70-36 (.660) in singles during his Flames career and is seven victories away from the program record (77 wins) held by Chase Burton.
• No. 3 singles player Marques Da Silva scored the match-clinching fourth point for the Flames today, as he bested Uribe 6-0, 6-3. Worst (No. 4 singles) provided the home side a 5-1 edge when he got past Garcia-Nieto in two sets (6-3, 6-3).
• Penny (No. 6 singles) was the only Lipscomb player with a singles victory today. Penny beat El Kadi in three sets, 2-6, 6-2, 6-4.
• The Flames are 3-0 at the Liberty Indoor Tennis Center in 2022 and 4-1 overall at home this year.
Next Up
• Liberty will travel to Alabama for a road match at North Alabama (1-12, 0-2 ASUN), Friday. The contest will begin at 11 a.m. Eastern at the UNA Varsity Tennis Courts.
• The Flames are 3-0 all-time against the Lions. All three of Liberty's wins versus UNA have been 7-0 sweeps, with two of those coming in 2021.
Players Mentioned
Team Stats
#1 Doubles Match
#2 Doubles Match
#3 Doubles Match
Order of Finish:
2,3,1
#1 Singles Match
#2 Singles Match
#3 Singles Match
#4 Singles Match
#5 Singles Match
#6 Singles Match
Order of Finish:
2,5,1,3,4,6