SOUTH BEND, Ind. – The Marian men's tennis team dropped a close one to No. 16-ranked Holy Cross on Friday evening, as they fell 4-3, moving their overall record to 14-8 on the season.

Holy Cross clinched the doubles point to take the early 1-0 lead after Andrew Ilett and Shadi Al Tori fell 6-2 at No. 1 singles to Perry Gregg and Laurenz Flender before Mark Griffin and Jona Henze lost their match 6-2 to Ryan Lee and Ciaran McCarthy at the No. 3 spot. At. No. 2 doubles, Ashwin Bhat and Jones McNamar were tied 5-5 with Luca McManus and Will Page before their match went unfinished.

The Knights tied it up after Ilett picked up the first win in singles, winning 6-3, 6-0 to Polis Koursaros at the No. 3 spot. At No. 1 singles, Griffin fell 6-1, 6-2 to Gregg, while McNamar tied things back up after he defeated Lee 6-3, 6-4. Bhat fell to Page 6-3, 6-4 at No. 4 singles, while Henze picked up another win for the Knights at the No. 5 spot with his 6-1, 1-6, 1-0 (12-10) victory over McCarthy. With the score at 3-3, the deciding factor for the match came down to the No. 2 singles match with Dmitrii Voshchenkov and Luca McManus. However, Voshchenkov dropped in three sets to McManus at 6-7 (2-7), 6-3, 0-1 (7-10).

Marian will return home on Sunday for a home match against Indiana Tech beginning at 2 p.m.

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