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Anderson rallies for 5-4 win over Tusculum

Anderson rallies for 5-4 win over Tusculum
Box score ANDERSON, S.C. ---

Anderson University won the final three singles matches to rally for a 5-4 victory over 47th-ranked Tusculum College in a South Atlantic Conference men's tennis match Sunday afternoon.

Trailing 4-2 after the first three singles matches, the Trojans (2-4, 2-1 SAC) earned wins from Paul Michael Calhoun and Inaki Iriberry at flights four and five to tie that match at 4-4. Danilo Faria then provided the winning point at flight six, coming from a set down for a 3-6, 6-3, 6-0 win.

Anderson jumped to a 2-1 lead in doubles play behind victories from Calhoun and Faria at flight two along with Iriberry and Tomas Passalacqua at flight three. The Pioneers (3-3, 0-1 SAC) claimed their only doubles point at flight one as Lukas Winkelmann and Jonas Winkelmann won 8-4 over Juan Carracedo and Mateo Rivas.

The Pioneers jumped to a 4-2 lead in the first half of singles, with all three players boosting their singles records to 6-0. Lukas Winkelmann beat Carracedo 6-4, 6-4 at flight one, Nicolas Planchard defeated Rivas 6-1, 6-4 at flight two and Jonas Winkelmann downed Passalacqua 7-6, 6-3 at flight three.

Tusculum will be back in action Tuesday afternoon when Milligan visits the Nichols Tennis Complex for a 1 p.m. non-conference match.

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