Hilton Head, S.C. - The Marian men's tennis team began their spring break trip with a win over Missouri Valley on Monday morning. Jones McNamar came up clutch for the Knights as he decided the 4-3 win. With the win, Marian moves to 9-5 win the win. 

Marian was the first to strike as Ashwin Bhat and Jones McNamar picked up the 6-4 win at No. 2 doubles over Kaito Tanitsu and Yago Calduch. However, Missouri Valley responded by winning the next to double match to pick up the first point of the match. Mark Griffin and Andrew Ilett fell 6-3 to Jacopo Scottocornola and Francesco Caratii at the No. 1 spot, followed by Jake Giles and Jona Henze losing 7-5 to Alexis Diaz and Alecson Deschamps. 

The Vikings got started in singles action, with Tanitsu defeating Dmitrii Voshchenkov at No. 2 singles 6-1, 7-6 (7-4), but it was Ilett winning 7-5, 5-7, 1-0 (10-6) against Caratti at the No. 3 spot. Missouri Valley took the 3-1 lead after getting the win at No. 1 singles, as Griffin fell in three sets at 7-6 (7-4), 6-7 (5-7), 1-0 (10-3). The Knights stepped up big after the lead shifted, with Henze defeating Diaz 6-2, 6-1 at the No. 4 spot, followed by Bhat winning against Benjamin Ganem 7-5, 6-3 at No. 5 singles. With the score tied, No. 6 singles determined the match, and it was McNamar picking up the thrilling three-set victory. McNamar defeated Deschamps 6-2, 4-6, 1-0 (10-7) to help the Knights win 4-3.

Marian will be back in action tomorrow as they face Milligan at 8:30 a.m. 

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