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Winner Flagler FLG (15-2, 5-0 PBC)
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Augusta AUG (10-8, 1-4 PBC)
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Flagler FLG
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Augusta AUG
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Philipp Lemken pumped up after winning a point.
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Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

No. 2 Saints wins second league title

AUGUSTA, Ga. – No. 2 (ITA Collegiate Division II rankings) Flagler College won its 11th match in a row in a 6-1 triumph over Augusta University in a Peach Belt Conference men's tennis match Monday afternoon at the Newman Tennis Center.

Flagler improved to 15-2 overall and 5-0 in the Peach Belt. The Saints won their second regular-season title in the last three years. Augusta dropped to 10-8 overall and 1-4 in conference play. Flagler is the No. 1 seed in this weekend's PBC Tournament at Columbus, Georgia. The Saints will play on Saturday at 1 p.m. against the winner of Friday's Augusta-Lander match.

The Saints rolled through doubles with No. 39-ranked Ilian Borlee and Baptiste Mercier winning 6-2 and then No. 33-ranked Philipp Lemken and Simon Malis won their match 6-3 to earn the team point.

Borlee got Flagler on the board in singles with his 10th consecutive win, a 6-2 and 6-1 decision over Alexis Bailhache. Malis, ranked No. 74 in the nation, won his eighth match in a row with a 6-1 and 7-5 victory. Lemken also extended his winning streak to eight with a 6-1, 6-3 win that clinched the match. No. 12 Jacopo Denitto won 7-5 and 6-4 and Aly El Rafie closed the match with a 4-6, 6-2, 10-8 vivtory.

#2 Flagler 6, #36 Augusta 1
4/22/24 at Augusta, Ga. (Newman Tennis Center)

Singles competition
1. #12 Jacopo Denitto (FLG) def. Enzo Garutti (AUG) 7-5, 6-4
2. Herick Isago (AUG) def. #7 Baptiste Mercier (FLG) 6-1, 1-6, 7-6 (7-3)
3. #74 Simon Malis (FLG) def. Quentin C. Perez (AUG) 6-1, 7-5
4. Ilian Borlee (FLG) def. Alexis Bailhache (AUG) 6-2, 6-1
5. Philipp Lemken (FLG) def. Elie Azoulay (AUG) 6-1, 6-3
6. Aly El Rafie (FLG) def. Arthur Valette (AUG) 4-6, 6-2, 1-0 (10-8)

Doubles competition
1. #33 Philipp Lemken/Simon Malis (FLG) def. Enzo Garutti/Alexis Bailhache (AUG) 6-3
2. #39 Ilian Borlee/Baptiste Mercier (FLG) def. Quentin C. Perez/David Perret (AUG) 6-2
3. Elie Azoulay/Herick Isago (AUG) vs. Jacopo Denitto/Max Berner (FLG) 4-5, unfinished

Match Notes
Flagler 15-2, 5-0 PBC; National ranking #2
Augusta 10-8, 1-4 PBC; National ranking #36
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1); Singles (4,3,5,1,2,6)
 
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