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Augusta AUG (11-9)
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Winner Flagler FLG (16-2)
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Flagler FLG
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Simon Malis follows through on a return shot
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Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

No. 2 Saints win 12th in a row and advance to league final

COLUMBUS, Ga. – No. 2 (ITA Collegiate Division II rankings) Flagler College won its 12th match in a row in a 4-0 win over No. 42 Augusta University in a Peach Belt Conference Tournament semifinal match Saturday afternoon at the John W. Walden Tennis Center.

Flagler improved to 16-2 overall while Augusta dropped to 11-9. The Saints take on the host school, No. 6 Columbus State University at 1 p.m. tomorrow. The two teams have met in the previous two finals with Columbus State winning both. The Cougars have won the last six titles in a row and have won seven altogether.

The Saints earned the doubles point after No. 33-ranked Simon Malis and Philipp Lemken won their 10th match in a row with a 6-4 victory over Enzo Garutti and Alexis Bailhache. No. 46-ranked Ilian Borlee and Baptiste Mercier won their doubles match 6-1.

Flagler made quick work of Augusta in singles. Aly El Rafie won in straight sets as did Mercier, ranked No. 9. Malis, ranked No. 75, bested Bailhache 3-6, 6-1, and 6-1 to clinch the match. That was Malis' 11th consecutive win.  

#2 Flagler 4, #42 Augusta 0
4/27/24 at Columbus, Ga. (John W. Walden Tennis Center)

Singles competition
1. #16 Jacopo Denitto (FLG) vs. Enzo Garutti (AUG) 4-6, 3-4, unfinished
2. #9 Baptiste Mercier (FLG) def. Herick Isago (AUG) 6-3, 6-4
3. #75 Simon Malis (FLG) def. Alexis Bailhache (AUG) 3-6, 6-1, 6-1
4. Ilian Borlee (FLG) vs. Elie Azoulay (AUG) 7-5, 1-2, unfinished
5. Philipp Lemken (FLG) vs. Arthur Valette (AUG) 6-2, 6-5, unfinished
6. Aly El Rafie (FLG) def. David Perret (AUG) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles competition
1. #33 Simon Malis/Philipp Lemken (FLG) def. Enzo Garutti/Alexis Bailhache (AUG) 6-4
2. #46 Ilian Borlee/Baptiste Mercier (FLG) def. David Perret/Arthur Valette (AUG) 6-1
3. Herick Isago/Elie Azoulay (AUG) def. Jacopo Denitto/Max Berner (FLG) 6-4

Match Notes
Augusta 11-9; National ranking #42
Flagler 16-2; National ranking #2
Order of finish: Doubles (2,3,1); Singles (6,2,3)
Peach Belt Conference Tournament - Semifinal
#5 Augusta vs. #1 Flagler
 
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