CONWAY, Ark. - Men's Tennis battled Rhodes Friday afternoon in the Southern Athletic Association opener. Rhodes, who went 14-7 a year ago, carved the 9-0 victory over Hendrix Friday but the Warriors showed promise once again as Joseph Donaldson and Connor Brooks won two games at the No. 3 doubles spot. Hendrix will abstain from SAA play for nearly two months now.

DOUBLES COMPETITION
1. Trudell / Morton def. Eric Meyne / Micah Moore (8-1)
2. Lauture / Chatterjee def. Dylon MaassonVetters / Nikhil Nair (8-0)
3. Stich / Lloyd def. Joseph Donaldson / Connor Brooks (8-2)

SINGLES COMPETITION
1. Chatterjee def. Meyne (6-2, 6-1)
2. Lauture def. Moore (6-0, 6-0)
3. Morton def. Donaldson (6-2, 6-1)
4. Lloyd def. Parker Work (8-0)
5. Trudell def. Lance Smith (8-0)
6. Phillips def. Brooks (8-0)

WHAT WAS SAID
"We played well against a top team in the conference," said head coach Craig Kirchgessner. "Our guys are fighting hard and looking for growth over this next week in practice. We will take on John Brown and University of the Ozarks next weekend and we are looking to build off these tough matches."

UP NEXT
Men's Tennis remains in Conway to take on John Brown next Friday at 1 p.m. from the Hatcher Tennis Center.

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