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Narrow Victory for Lake Forest over Greenville in Spring Break Opener

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The Forester men's tennis team edged out Greenville University 5-4 on Monday in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.

The match began with an 8-5 victory for Lake Forest freshmen George Ciuca and Ian Villardi Venturini Barbosa at #2 doubles. The Foresters quickly added to their lead when senior Oleksyi Vyshyvanyuk and sophomore Daniel Tulchinskiy finished off an 8-6 triumph at #1.

The Panthers closed out doubles with a tiebreaker win at #3 and the match was tied after they earned the opening point of singles play at #2.

The next four matches were decided by third set super tiebreakers and the first two went to the Foresters in comeback fashion. Ciuca came out on top 5-7, 6-3, (10-4) at #3 and Villardi Venturini Barbosa prevailed 1-6, 7-5, (10-8) at #4. Greenville responded with victories at #1 and #5, leaving the result of the match up to #6, where sophomore Kyle Lassen won the first set in a tiebreaker before rolling 6-0 in the second.

Lake Forest is now 3-2 and Greenville 8-5 this year.

The Foresters will continue their Spring Break trip against Dickinson College Tuesday evening at 5:00 (ET).

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Players Mentioned

George Ciuca

George Ciuca

Freshman
Kyle Lassen

Kyle Lassen

Sophomore
Daniel Tulchinskiy

Daniel Tulchinskiy

Sophomore
Ian Villardi

Ian Villardi

Freshman
Oleksyi Vyshyvanyuk

Oleksyi Vyshyvanyuk

Senior

Players Mentioned

George Ciuca

George Ciuca

Freshman
Kyle Lassen

Kyle Lassen

Sophomore
Daniel Tulchinskiy

Daniel Tulchinskiy

Sophomore
Ian Villardi

Ian Villardi

Freshman
Oleksyi Vyshyvanyuk

Oleksyi Vyshyvanyuk

Senior