MISENHEIMER, N.C. - The Birmingham-Southern men's tennis team added another win on their spring break road trip after being rained out against Guilford. The Panthers played hard to earn a 8-1 win over Pfeiffer University in a non-conference match Thursday afternoon at the Knapp Tennis Center.

Birmingham-Southern took two out of three doubles matches with No. 1 Tanner DeBardelaben and Wil Dotson, and No. 2 Eli Ingleson and Sam Tolbert both taking their opponents in 8-6 victories. No. 3 Ryan King and Tom Smith fought in a tough match but fell 8-7. 

BSC ran the table in singles play, taking all six points in straight sets for the Panthers. Dotson took his opponent in a quick 6-0, 6-1 matchup on court one. Tom Smith kept up the hard fight to take Mateo Sonaglia 6-4, 7-6 to earn the final point for Birmingham-Southern. 

Birmingham-Southern College 8, Pfeiffer University 1
3/23/23 at Misenheimer, N.C. (Knapp Tennis Center)

Singles competition
1. Wil Dotson (BSC) def. Dylan Masters (PFU)  6-0, 6-1
2. Ryan King (BSC) def. Benedikt Pfeiffer (PFU) 6-2, 6-2
3. Sam Tolbert (BSC) def. Michael Haranczyk (PFU) 6-1, 6-4
4. Eli Ingleson (BSC) def. Andres Valdez-Arze (PFU) 6-1, 6-1
5. Tanner DeBardelaben (BSC) def. Bogdan Stan (PFU) 6-1, 6-3
6. Tom Smith (BSC) def. Mateo Sonaglia (PFU) 6-4, 6-7

Doubles competition
1. Tanner DeBardelaben/Wil Dotson (BSC) def. Dylan Masters/Michael Haranczyk (PFU) 8-6
2. Eli Ingleson/Sam Tolbert (BSC) def. Aleix Garrido/Benedikt Pfeiffer (PFU) 8-6
3. Andres Valdez-Arze/Mateo Sonaglia (PFU) def. Tom Smith/Ryan King (BSC) 8-7

Records
Birmingham-Southern 9-2 Overall, Pfieffer 6-5 Overall

Up next
The Panthers will continue on the road to take on Brevard College in Brevard, N.C. on March 24.