BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The Birmingham-Southern men's tennis team battled against D1 Samford University on Friday night with Sam Tolbert and Ryan King taking their opponents to extra games.

Samford earned the doubles point on the night by sweeping the Panthers, but each doubles team won games on Samford. No. 1 duo Hallet Green/Sam Tolbert and No. 3 duo Tanner DeBardelaben/Eli Ingleson won three games each despite giving up six. No. 2 duo Ryan King/Tom Smith won two games.

No. 4 Ryan King headlined the BSC singles matches by winning the first set on his opponent 6-4. He then fell 6-1, 10-6 in the next two sets. No. 2 Tom Smith also had an impressive display by taking his opponent to a tiebreaker in the first set. He eventually fell 7-5, 6-2 but played excellent tennis.

Final: Samford 7, Birmingham-Southern 0

Singles competition
1. J.B. Pickard (SU) def. Hallet Green (BSC) 6-3, 6-3
2. Sebastion Harrison (SU) def. Sam Tolbert (BSC) 7-5, 6-2
3. Yerrassyl Murat (SU) def. Tanner DeBardelaben (BSC) 6-1, 6-2
4. Harrison Williams (SU) def. Ryan King (BSC) 4-6, 6-1, 10-6
5. Matthew Gooch (SU) def. Eli Ingleson (BSC) 6-1, 6-4
6. Ben Kiblinger (SU) def. Tom Smith (BSC) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles competition
1. Maxwell Giddens/Sandeep Mohandoss (SU) def. Hallet Green/Sam Tolbert (BSC) 6-3
2. Harrison Williams/Matthew Gooch (SU) def. Ryan King/Tom Smith (BSC) 6-2
3. Ben Kiblinger/Charlie Piegza (SU) def. Tanner DeBardelaben/Eli Ingleson (BSC) 6-3

Records
Birmingham-Southern 4-1 Overall, Samford 5-4 Overall

Up next
The Panthers will travel to North Carolina to take on Pomona-Pitzer next Saturday, Feb. 24 at 1:00 p.m. EST.