CLINTON, S.C. – Winthrop men's tennis (7-12, 2-6 Big South) fell short in its final regular season match on the road at Presbyterian College (13-13, 5-3 Big South) as the Blue Hose won 4-3.

HOW IT HAPPENED 
-The Eagles started with momentum, taking the opening doubles point with wins on courts two and three. Gabriel Dias and Aditya Gokhale downed Max Benson and Jaime Castillo-Lopez 6-2 to lead off Winthrop. PC answered with a 6-3 win at court one as Daniel Stenger and Oscar Alvarez topped Leandros Pappayiannis and Connor Williamson in the duo's first match together this season. The Eagles clinched the point with a win at the third position as Diego Quiroz and Lluis Miralles won their first match as a duo, 6-4 over Alberto Conde and Vance Mercer.
 
-PC would earn three-consecutive points in singles play, earning wins on courts six, four and two, respectively to regain an advantage on their home courts. Jonathan Bedard topped Alberto Tinagli 6-2, 6-4, Castillo-Lopez defeated Gokhale as they rematched in singles play and Benson fought off Williamson 7-5, 6-2 at court two.
 
-Pappayiannis posted his first win of the season in his fifth time in the lineup, downing Conde in straight-sets 6-2, 6-4 to pull the team score back to 3-2.
 
-Quiroz evened the board at 3-3 with a win at No. 1, taking a set tiebreak for the first set and going on for a 6-3 second set and match win.
 
-The team decision would come down to the outcome at No. 3 as Winthrop's Dias faced PC's Alvarez. The two battled in a lengthy first set, with Alvarez coming out with a 7-5 win and outlasting Dias in the second set for a 6-2 victory and the team win.
 
NOTABLES
-The Eagles have sent 12 different doubles combinations to the courts this season looking for success with the opening point, including two new pairings in today's match.
 
-With today's win, Quiroz improves to 14-5 overall and 6-2 in the Big South Conference, matching his career-high win total set as a freshman in 2016 (14-8 overall singles record.)
 
UP NEXT
The Eagles will head to Radford, Va. to compete in the Big South Conference Championship beginning Wed., Apr. 17. Seeding will be determined after the completion of all regular season matches. Winthrop is currently in sixth place in the league.

FULL RESULTS

Singles
1. QUIROZ, Diego (WIN) def. STENGER, Daniel (PC) 7-6, 6-3
2. BENSON, Max (PC) def. WILLIAMSON, Connor (WIN) 7-5, 6-2
3. ALVAREZ, Oscar (PC) def. DIAS, Gabriel (WIN) 7-5, 6-2
4. CASTILLO-LOPEZ, J. (PC) def. GOKHALE, Aditya (WIN) 6-2, 6-4
5. PAPPAYIANNIAS, L. (WIN) def. CONDE, Alberto (PC) 6-2, 6-3
6. BEDARD, Jonathan (PC) def. TINAGLI, Alberto (WIN) 6-2, 6-4

Doubles 
1. STENGER, Daniel/ALVAREZ, Oscar (PC) def. WILLIAMSON, Connor/PAPPAYIANNIAS, L. (WIN) 6-3
2. DIAS, Gabriel/GOKHALE, Aditya (WIN) def. CASTILLO-LOPEZ, J./BENSON, Max (PC) 6-2
3. QUIROZ, Diego/MIRALLES, Lluis (WIN) def. CONDE, Alberto/MERCER, Vance (PC) 6-4
 
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (6,4,2,5,1,3)