Box Score 1 | Box Score 2 ROME, Ga. - Viking Men's Tennis fell in both of their home matches today to Emory and DII Christian Brother University.

Men's Match vs. Emory University

In their toughest test yet, the men's berry tennis team faced off against Emory University in the early hours of Sunday morning. Doubles jumped off to strong starts but second doubles of Drayton Matus & Bohdan Higley and third doubles of Aiden Benoualid and Jake Chapman were unable to maintain their service in the end, losing 2-8 and 3-8 respectively. First doubles of Diego Lopez and Noah Koch were able to maintain a close distance to their opponents and had opportunities to go into a tiebreak, but were unfortunately broken on their service to lose 6-8.

The men raised their level to a new high during their singles matches, testing one of the best teams in the nation with Noah Koch, Drayton Matus, and Jake Chapman all going three sets but unable to find the answer as Emery shut the door. Drayton Matus had the best opportunity to score a win, leading 4-1 in the third set until cramping led to complications and the unfortunate loss of 4-6 in the deciding set. Diego Lopez and Jace Goode both had a great showing with both Diego's and Jace's sets decided only by single breaks of service, and Aiden had one of his closest matches, losing 6-7 (5-7), 4-6. Despite an eventual 0-9 loss to Emery, the men were motivated by their performance and looked to bring the heat to Christian Brothers University later that afternoon.

Match One Against Emory, the Vikings lost 9-0

1. Diego Lopez and Noah Koch fell to Emory 8-6
2. Drayton Matus and Bohdan Higley fell to Emory 8-2
3. Aiden Benoualid and Jake Chapman fell to Emory 8-3


1. Noah Koch fell to Emory 7-5, 2-6, 0-6
2. Diego Lopez fell to Emory 4-6, 1-6
3. Drayton Matus fell to Emory 0-6, 6-4, 4-6
4. Jake Chapman fell to Emory 5-7, 6-3, 2-5
5. Jace Goode fell to Emory 2-6, 3-6
6. Aiden Benoualid fell to Emory 6-7 (5), 4-6

Men's Match vs. Christian Brothers University

The men were tasked with their most physically and mentally challenging matches yet as they faced Christian Brothers University right after Emory University in a double header. However, they quickly brushed off their past defeat and launched into a strong start with Drayton Matus and Bohdan Higley securing a decisive 8-4 victory at second doubles. Despite keeping their matches close for most of the beginning, both Noah Koch & Diego Lopez at first doubles and Aiden Benoualid and Jake Chapman at third doubles succumbed 5-8 to set the match score 2-1 in favor of Christian Brothers University.

Singles began with mixed results as Diego Lopez lost 4-6, 0-6 at second singles but Noah Koch rallying the team with a 6-3, 6-2 win at first singles. What followed were another split of matches as Aiden Benoualid was unable to find the answer against his sixth singles opponent, losing 3-6, 1-6 just as Drayton Matus finished 6-4, 7-5 at third singles. Jake Chapman managed to secure an important victory at fourth singles 6-4, 6-4, thereby putting the pressure on Jace with the match scores tied 4-4. Despite a valiant effort and having played one of the longest matches of the day, Jace lost 6-7 (1-7), 4-6 which secured Christian Brothers University a 5-4 victory. After an entire day of matchplay, the men left proud of their performance and will look to turn the tide in their favor once again during their April 6th home match against Rhodes College.

Match Two VS CBU - Berry fell 4-5

1. Diego Lopez and Noah Koch fell to CBU 8-5
2. Drayton Matus and Bohdan Higley defeated CBU 8-4
3. Aiden Benoualid and Jake Chapman fell to CBU 8-5


1. Noah Koch defeated CBU 6-3, 6-2
2. Diego Lopez fell to CBU 4-6, 0-6
3. Drayton Matus defeated CBU 6-4, 7-6
4. Jake Chapman defeated CBU 6-4, 6-4
5. Jace Goode fell to CBU 6-7-1, 4-6
6. Aiden Benoualid fell to CBU 3-6, 1-6

The team will host Rhodes on April 6 at 11:00 AM ET.