Box Score INDIANAPOLIS - The Marian men's tennis team earned a narrow 4-3 victory on Tuesday in the Crossroads League Tournament Quarterfinals, taking down Spring Arbor to advance to Thursday's semifinals. Marian is 7-2 after their victory against the Cougars.

Marian started the match with a winning point in doubles, battling to the finish as the Cougars brought their best action of the fall. The Knights started with a win at No. 3 doubles as Jones McNamar and Jan Bartolome  won 6-3 against Sam Lyon and Caleb Kaytar, giving their team a 1-0 lead in doubles. On the No. 1 and No. 2 courts, both matches needed a tiebreak point, as the Cougars challenged on both courts. At No. 1 doubles, Tjark Kunkel and James Ashworth were able to out-last Daniel Rodriguez Fortes and Jaume Riera Galindo 7-6 with a 7-3 tiebreak score, winning the point for the Knights. Juan Garcia-Tunon and Marcos Ramos Cabrera did not finish their tiebreak match at No. 2, as they ended the set tied 6-6 (3-3) against Sebastian Smith and Aziz Madatov.

In singles, the Cougars struck first winning at both No. 2 and No. 3, taking a 2-1 lead over the Knights. Jaume Galindo defeated Marc Soriano 6-1, 6-2 at No. 3 singles, while at No. 2 Kunkel fell to Madatov in a three-set battle with set scores of 6-4, 3-6, 2-6. James Ashworth would rebound Marian and tie the match at 2-2 as he won a three-set match, winning 3-6, 6-4, 6-1 against Smith at No. 1 singles.

Jan Bartolome was unsuccessful in his efforts at No. 4 singles, falling in a three-set match against Rotes 7-5, 2-6, 4-6, seeing Spring Arbor reclaim the match lead. With two matches left to decide the victor, Marian got a tying point from Garcia-Tunon at No. 5, as the freshman won 6-1, 6-4 against Kaytar. With the match riding on No. 6 singles, Marcos Ramos Cabrera won comfortably, defeating Fernando Espinosa 6-1, 6-2 to seal Marian's 4-3 win. 

With the win, Marian will travel to Huntington on Thursday for the Crossroads League Tournament Semifinals, taking on the Foresters at 4:00 p.m.

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