Demorest, GA- Millsaps suffered its first loss of the men's tennis season on Friday, falling 6-3 to the Piedmont Lions. 

Millsaps took two of the three doubles matches, winning 8-6 on both courts two and three. After a tough loss on court one, the Majors took a 2-1 lead into singles. 

The Lions took five of the six singles' matches. Diego Marti-Vertiz won on court one in straight sets, closing out the match with a 6-0 shutout in the second set. Alex Centurion battled back from a first set loss by winning the second 6-2. However, he fell in a third-set tie break, falling 9-7 in the deciding tie break. 

The loss moves Millsaps to 10-1 on the season. They will open SAA play this weekend and will take on the Berry Vikings tomorrow. First serve is set for 9AM from the Richards' Tennis Courts at Berry. 

Doubles

M. Metzger/N Metzger (PC) d. Sean Solomonoff/Charles Rees (MC) 8-4

Cameron Doles/Avinash Ananth (MC) d. Riza/Barnett (PC) 8-6

Thomas Mills/Rami Jamileh (MC) d. Werner/Martin (PC) 8-6

Singles

Diego Marti-Vertiz (MC) d. M. Metzger (PC) 6-3, 6-0

N. Metzger (PC) d. Alex Centurion (MC) 6-3, 2-6 7-6 (7)

Martin (PC) d. Solomonoff (MC) 6-4, 6-0

Riza (PC) d. Jamileh (MC) 6-0, 6-0

Jenkins (PC) d. Doles (MC) 6-3, 7-5

Werner (PC) d. Mills (MC) 6-3, 6-0