LYNCHBURG, Va. – The Old Dominion men's tennis team dropped a hard fought 5-2 decision at Liberty on Sunday afternoon at the Liberty Indoor Tennis Center.
In doubles, the Flames took the team point winning at the top two spots. Liberty won at number two, before the ODU tandem of Francois Le Tallec and Codie van Schalkwyk scored a tough 7-5 win at number three. The Flames scored the team point taking a 9-7 tie breaker at number one.
In singles, the Flames won at number two before Younes Lalami defeated R. Marques Da Silva 6-3, 7-6 (7-5) at number three to bring the deficit to 2-1. Liberty took the next three singles matches to clinch the dual win.
Le Tallec, ranked 40th nationally in singles, won the final match in three sets over Nicaise Muamba 4-6, 7-5, 7-6 (8-6).
ODU (4-4) now starts an 11-match homestand on Saturday hosting Furman at 1 p.m.
ODU HEAD COACH DOMINIK MUELLER ON LIBERTY MATCH
It felt like a heavyweight boxing fight today with both team throwing punches at each other for over four hours. The level of the dual match was high and I'm proud how our guys kept coming back and battling after Liberty threw their punches. At the end they just landed too many second punches while we were hoping our first punches would have knock them out.
Men's Tennis Fall In Four-Hour Match At Liberty
