RESULTS
MEMPHIS - The Rhodes College men's tennis team completed a perfect weekend on Sunday afternoon as they defeated the Ozarks for their third win by the score of 8-1 at Dunavant Tennis Courts.
The Lynx fought off a lengthy rain delay and windy conditions to still roll by the Eagles.
Rhodes jumped out to a 2-0 lead behind brilliant efforts by the No. 1 doubles team of seniors
Albert Vacheron and
Daniel Olivier while the No. 2 team of freshmen
P.J. Shaw and
Phil Lauture each picked up an 8-2 win at their court.
The battle was at No. 3 doubles between Jonah Martinez and Cole Lankford and junior
Wesley Tolsdorf and freshman
Ritwik Chatterjee. The duo sustained and prevailed as they finished off the doubles sweep with an 8-5 win.
In singles, the top four courts were all dominant, winning their matches in two sets. Lauture was terrific at No. 3 singles with a 6-0, 6-0 win while Shaw picked up a 6-3, 6-0 win at No. 4 singles.
Chatterjee played No. 1 singles and picked up a 6-1, 6-2 victory while Olivier was victorious at No. 2 singles, 6-1, 6-3.
At No. 5 singles, Tolsdorf came-from-behind, dropping the first set 4-6 before winning the next two 6-4, 1-0 (10-5) to give the Lynx the comfortable 8-1 victory over the Ozarks.
Rhodes is now 3-0 on the young season and will look to carry their early momentum into next weekend as they welcome Belhaven to the Dunavant Tennis Courts on Friday at 4 PM.