Rome, Ga. - Berry's men's tennis team defeated Christian Brothers University 5-4 earning a victory over an NCAA D-II opponent Saturday afternoon at the Rome Tennis Center.

The Vikings started the day with a doubles win from Noah Koch and Diego Lopez (8-7) and would continue on to win their second match with Drayton Matus and Kyle Lutian (8-5). The Vikings lost in a close matchup in their last doubles competition with Aiden Benoualid and Connor Murphy (8-6).

Koch and Matus were winners in straight sets in singles play. With Berry needing one more win to secure the victory, Jake Chapman rallied back after dropping to first set to win the second set (6-2) and force a super tiebreak for the third set. Chapman came out on top after winning the tiebreaker, 10-7.


Doubles competition:
1.    Noah Koch/Diego Lopez (BC) def. Alban Piranda/Javier Flores (CBU) 8-7
2.    Drayton Matus/Kyle Lutian (BC) def. Pedro Gomez/Andrew Andrade (CBU) 8-5
3.    Jojo Sandoz/Emilian Zavala (CBU) def. Aiden Benoualid/Connor Murphy (BC) 8-6

Singles Competition:
1.    Noah Koch (BC) def. Alban Piranda (CBU) 6-3, 6-1
2.    Drayton Matus (BC) def. Javier Flores (CBU) 7-5, 6-2
3.    Emilian Zavala (CBU) def. Jace Goode (BC) 6-1, 6-3
4.    Jake Chapman (BC) def. Pedro Gomez (CBU) 6-3, 6-2, 1,0
5.    Jojo Sandoz (CBU) def. Aiden Benoualid (BC) 7-5, 7-6
6.    Andrew Andrade (CBU) def. Connor Murphy (BC) 6-3, 6-3

Berry will be back in action Feb. 24 against Huntingdon at the RTC.