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MSU's "Nathans" Tennis Pair Wins Doubles Flight at Lousiville Invitational

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Morehead State freshman Nathan Martin and sophomore Nathan Blum highlighted the Eagles' weekend at the Louisville Invitational. The duo won the flight C doubles competition.

The MSU Nathan's defeated Andrew Whitmer/Bobby Swanson of Western Kentucky in the opening round, 8-6. They then knocked off Micah LeMoine/Xavier Riart-Ferrer of Illinois State in the championship, 8-6.

In singles flights, Martin also won a opening round match. He defeated WKU's Arul Selvan, 7-5, 7-5 to advance to the second round before falling. Blum lost in the opening round of the flight B singles, but returned to claim a victory in the first round of the consolation: 6-0, 6-1 over Whitmer.

Chris Shafik also claimed an opening round win in flight C singles, defeating Michael Hobson of Illinois State, 6-1, 6-2.

Also participating for the Eagles were Greg Anderson and Bradley Bryan. :Thumbs:



Martin Leads Men's Tennis at Hoosier Invitational

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Morehead State freshman Nathan Martin won the consolation draw of the Crimson flight at the Hoosier Invitational last weekend and teamed with sophomore Nathan Blum to claim the back draw of the doubles flight.

Martin and Blum won a consolation flight for the second consecutive weekend. They opened with a 9-7 setback, but returned to win three straight matches to win the consolation draw. In the final match, they defeated Louisville duo Sumit Prakash-Gupta and Adam Donaldson 9-8 (4).

Martin dropped an opening round singles match, but he came back to win the next two and claim the back draw title in the crimson flight. He knockedoff Southern Illinois's Pavlo Buryi 7-5, 6-4 and then handed IUPUI's Joel Modesitt a 6-4, 6-4 loss.

Greg Anderson and Bradley Bryan also participated. Anderson won a singles match in the consolation round - 6-1, 7-5 over Phil Orno of Cleveland State:flame: