INDIANAPOLIS - The Marian men's tennis team dropped their third spring match against NCAA competition on Wednesday, as No. 3 NCAA DII foe St. Leo University defeated the Knights 7-0. Marian's fourth consecutive loss of their 2024-25 season drops their record to 7-6.

St. Leo won both No. 1 and No. 3 doubles, taking the first point of the match with their two wins. Jones McNamar and James Ashworth went down by a 6-2 score at No. 1 doubles, while Jan Bartolome and Tjark Kunkel were defeated by the same score at No. 3 doubles. Juan Garcia-Tunon and Marcos Ramos Cabrera went unfinished at No. 2, losing their match 5-2.

The Lions won each of the six singles matches, with five of the six wins coming in two set victories. Bogdan Precupescu went down 6-3, 6-4 at No. 1 singles against Vincent Thiel, while Garcia-Tunon lost 7-6 (3), 6-4 against Jose Segovia at No. 3 singles. Ashworth fell at No. 2 singles in identical 6-3, 6-3 set scores, as Dylan Andrianaly clinched the match for St. Leo. 

Jan Bartolome and Marcos Ramos Cabrera each lost by 7-5, 6-1 scores, and Tjark Kunkel was the lone Knight to reach a third set, winning the first 6-2 before falling 3-6 and 2-6 in sets two and three against Eduardo Cohen.

The Knights will play their final scheduled indoor match of the spring next Friday, taking on IU-Indy at 12:00 p.m. on February 21. The match is to be played at West Indy Tennis Club.

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