WEST PALM BEACH, Fla- The Palm Beach Atlantic men's tennis team fell 6-1 to No. 4 Embry-Riddle. PBA (5-8) faced its fourth opponent to be ranked nationally in the top-5.
In doubles competition,
Rodolfo Hasegawa and
Blake Williams earned their 12th victory of the season. Hasegawa and Williams (12-1) defeated Lukas Schnieder and Michele Iftimie 6-3.
Roberto Binaghi and
Luis Eduardo Platas dropped their match 6-2.
Umberto Rosi and
Jorge Santamaria suffered a 6-3 defeat.
In singles competition, the 'Fish went one for six. Binaghi dropped his match 6-2, 6-1. Eduardo Platas fell 6-1, 6-3.
Juan Fernandez fell 6-2, 6-3. Hasegawa took his match to three sets but fell 3-6, 6-4, 1-0. He dropped the tiebreaker 7-5. Williams was downed in three sets 4-6, 7-6, 1-0. Williams dropped the tiebreaker 7-5. Santamaria picked up his eighth singles victory over Michele Iftimie in three sets 6-4, 6-7, 1-0. Santamaria took the tiebreaker 7-3. The Colombia native is 8-4 in singles competition this season.
The Saifish wrap up the regular season when they play St. Thomas on Thursday Apr. 14 at the Mitch Gornto Tennis Center.