Box Score Atlanta, Ga. - Trailing 2-1 after doubles play, Rhodes men's tennis won the first four singles matches at No. 2, 5, 6 and 1 singles to pick up their fifth and game-winning point over Oglethorpe University on the road Saturday afternoon.
The win is the 11th of the season for the Lynx who are now 11-5 and have won three straight games.
Phil Lauture and
Ritwik Chatterjee won at No. 3-doubles 8-6. P. J. Shaw then tied the match, taking No. 2 singles 6-1, 6-3. Lauture gave Rhodes the edge with the third point after winning 6-1, 6-1.
Sairam Gudiseva's 6-3, 6-3 victory at No. 6-singles put the Lynx one point away from the win, which Chatterjee closed out after going 7-6 (3), 6-0.
The Lynx play their final games at home this weekend against Centre (Saturday) and Sewanee (Sunday), both at 10 a.m. Rhodes will honor senior
Wesley Tolsdorf before the Centre match.