LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Finishing its weekend stay in Louisville, Kentucky, the Belmont University men’s tennis team earned a doubles win and a pair of singles victories Sunday at the Louisville Invitational. Freshman Charlie Robin finished as runner-up in the singles Flight C draw, while junior Eli Mizerski and freshman Morgan Woodson were the doubles runner-up in the Flight C bracket.
Graduate Niklas von Hellens and Robin earned third place in the doubles Flight B draw with an 8-5 win over Bellarmine’s Louie Fletcher and Eli Wood.
Junior Esunge Ndumbe had the most impressive win Sunday, defeating Mitchell Sheldon of Michigan State in three sets, 7-5, 2-6 and 10-7 in the super tiebreaker, in Flight B singles. For the weekend, Ndumbe went 2-1 in singles.
Mizerski also collected a singles win on the final day of the Louisville Invitational, rolling past Bellarmine’s Brent Reynolds 6-1, 6-1.
Results from all of the Bruins’ matches Sunday can be found below.
Doubles
(Flight B) Niklas von Hellens/Charlie Robin (Belmont) def. Louie Fletcher/Eli Wood (Bellarmine), 8-5
(Flight C Final) Russell Lokko/Adrien Ducruet (Louisville) def. Eli Mizerski/Morgan Woodson (Belmont), 8-5
Singles
(Flight A) Vineet Ramesh (Bellarmine) def. Sabi Roi (Belmont), 6-0, 6-4
(Flight B) Esunge Ndumbe (Belmont) def. Mitchell Sheldon (Michigan State), 7-5, 2-6, 10-7
(Flight C Final) Luis Llorens Saracho (Notre Dame) def. Charlie Robin (Belmont), 6-4, 6-2
(Flight C) Eli Wood (Bellarmine) def. Niklas von Hellens (Belmont), 6-1, 3-6, 10-5
(Flight C) Eli Mizerski (Belmont) def. Brent Reynolds (Bellarmine), 6-1, 6-1
Up Next
Belmont will have next weekend off before returning to tournament play Friday-Sunday, Sept. 27-29, when the Bruins host the Belmont Fall Invitational and select players head to Cleveland, Ohio, for the inaugural Horizon League Individual Championships.
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