{"id":936302,"date":"2026-10-17T10:18:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T10:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/936302\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T10:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T10:18:21","slug":"mens-tennis-completes-first-day-of-middle-tennessee-invite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/936302\/","title":{"rendered":"Men\u2019s Tennis completes first day of Middle Tennessee Invite"},"content":{"rendered":"

MURFREESBORO, Tenn.\u00a0 \u2013 MTSU Men’s Tennis completed its first of three days at the Middle Tennessee Invite on Friday, picking up one doubles win and two singles victories against UAB.
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\nAll four Blue Raiders participating added wins to their columns on the day, with the partnership of Santiago Lora<\/a> and Rich LaLance<\/a> triumphing in doubles and Houston Jacques<\/a> and Alexandre Vassard<\/a> defeating their singles opponents.
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\nLora and LaLance decisively took down Ruben Lebron Puerta and Tomas Tischner, 6-3, marking the first win for each this season.
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\nIn a close contest, Axel Frechet and Conor Flynn edged out Jacques and Vassard, 7-5.
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\nIn singles, Vassard claimed victory over Frechet in straight-set fashion, winning 6-4, 6-2, in his first competition as a Blue Raider.
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\nJacques earned a straight-set victory of his own, despite his first set going into a tiebreaker. The Huntsville, Ala., native defeated Ruben Puerta, 7-6 (3), 6-4.
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\nThe Blazers took two singles matches for themselves, beginning with Tischner over LaLance, 6-3, 6-3. Lora made things difficult for Flynn, but was unable to come out on top, falling, 6-1, 5-7, 6-2.
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\nThe Blue and White will return to the court for day two of the Middle Tennessee Invite on Saturday at 10 a.m. against Belmont.
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\nRESULTS
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\nDOUBLES<\/p>\n


\n\tFlynn\/Frechet [UAB] def. Jacques\/Vassard [MTSU], 7-5
\n\tLora\/LaLance [MTSU] def. Tischner\/Puerta [UAB], 6-3
\n\tHazratwala\/Sborowsky [ALA] def. Woodson\/Tufekci [BEL], 6-0
\n\tHristov\/Dmytrenko [LOU] def. Ortiz\/McEachern-Brown [BEL], 6-1 <\/p>\n

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\nSINGLES<\/p>\n


\n\tConor Flynn [UAB] def. Santiago Lora<\/a> [MTSU], 6-1, 5-7, 6-2
\n\tHouston Jacques<\/a> [MTSU] def. Ruben Puerta [UAB], 7-6 (3), 6-4
\n\tAlexandre Vassard<\/a> [MTSU] def. Axel Frechet [UAB], 6-4, 6-2
\n\tTomas Tischner [UAB] def. Rich LaLance<\/a> [MTSU], 6-3, 6-3
\n\tCagan Efe Tufekci [BEL] def. Yoshka Sborowsky [ALA], 6-3, 6-4
\n\tRohan Hazratwala [ALA] def. Morgan Woodson [BEL], 6-3, 6-3
\n\tArtem Dmytrenko [LOU] def. Judah McEachern-Brown [BEL], 6-7 (4), 6-4, 7-6 (3)
\n\tMaksin Hristov [LOU] def. Esteban Ortiz [BEL], 7-6 (4), 7-5 <\/p>\n

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