LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, Ga. - Covenant hosted Salisbury for a big nonconference showdown. The match came down to the very end, with the Sea Gulls taking home a 5-4 win.
Final: Covenant 4, Salisbury 5
Records: Covenant (7-6), Salisbury (9-2)
DOUBLES:
- Ben Onufrock and Austin Dreslinski did what they needed to get Covenant a point in the No. 1 slot with a 8-4 win over Jhayden Pappas and Gianluca Beaujon.
- Solomon Crouch and Gill Dunn sent the No. 2 position match against Gurv Suri and Caleb Brightman to a tiebreak, but ultimately fell 7-9 (0-7).
- The Sea Gulls clinched the 2-1 doubles win after Caleb Domkowski and Camden Lashley were defeated 5-8 by Mitchell Desman and Aron Bursztyn.
SINGLES:
- In a three-set match in the No. 1 slot, Onufrock clinched his second point of the day with a 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory over Pappas.
- Dreslinski also delivered two wins for the Scots as he defeated Beaujon 6-4, 6-2 in the No. 2 position.
- In the No. 3 ranked match, Domkowksi won an exciting tiebreak match over Brightman 1-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-3).
- Crouch played the first set close against Suri at 5-7, but dropped set two, 0-6 to fall in the No. 4 slot.
- Dunn was defeated in straight sets by Russell Willenborg, 4-6, 2-6 in the No. 5 position.
- With the match tied at four, Salisbury earned the winning point as Bursztyn defeated Brock Boehling 2-6, 4-6.
UP NEXT: Covenant takes on Asbury at home on Friday at 3 p.m.
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