JACKSON- The Sewanee Tigers knocked off the Millsaps Majors 6-3 on Saturday at the Coach Montgomery Courts in Jackson.
Malte Schick took care of business on court one in both doubles and singles. He paired with Adam Tilly in an 8-5 win. Schick then responded with a dominating 6-1, 6-0 win on court one in his singles' match. The Tigers took the other two doubles' contests to take a 2-1 lead into singles.
Charles Rees battled back from a set down to win 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 over Eric Roddy to grab the Majors' third point of the competition. The Tigers outlasted the Majors on the other four singles' courts to win the singles' portion 4-2 and the match 6-3.
The Majors now sit at 8-7 overall and 3-2 in conference play. They will wrap up the conference regular season against Centre tomorrow at 9am on the Coach Montgomery Courts. A win over Centre would cement a top-4 seed in the SAA tournament.
SINGLES
Malte Schick (MC) def Jackson (UOS) 6-1, 6-0
Connor Winkley (UOS) def Adam Tilly 6-3 6-2
Charles Rees (MC) def Eric Roddy (UOS) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
Sean Laughlin (UOS) def Sean Solomonoff (MC) 6-2 6-0
Levi Joy (UOS) def Misa Pjevac 6-4 6-2
David Human (UOS) def Thomas Mills 6-0 6-2
DOUBLES
Schick/Tilly (MC) def Jackson/Laughlin (UOS) 8-5
Winkler/Roddy (UOS) def Rees/Mirodrag Pjevac 8-5
Joy/Human (UOS) def Solomonoff/Mills 8-4