MONTEVALLO, Ala. – The Montevallo men's tennis team fell, 5-2, in a battle with No. 23 Auburn Montgomery on Wednesday afternoon. 
 
The Falcons opened the match on a hot start with a clean sweep of the doubles matches with Philippe Zehender and Fabricio Sosa taking the top match, 6-4. In No. 2 doubles, Dylan Kamel and Paul Sobich won 6-2 before Hick Hartmann and Rien Alderliesten took the final match, 6-4. 
 
Julius Ziebart highlighted Montevallo's singles matches with a 1-6, 6-4, 7-5 win in a tightly contested No. 3 singles match to score the Falcons second point of the match. AUM would take the rest of the singles matches and the team match, 5-2. 
 
Tennis Match Results
Auburn University at Mont. vs Montevallo Men's Tennis 4/12/2023 at Montevallo, Ala.
(Montevallo Tennis Court Complex) 
Auburn University at Mont. 5, Montevallo Men's Tennis 2 
Singles competition 
1. Joao Guariente (AUM-M) def. Phillipe Zehender (UM-MEN) 6-4, 6-3
2. Muhamad Bedwan (AUM-M) def. Paul Sobich (UM-MEN) 6-3, 7-5
3. Julius Ziebart (UM-MEN) def. Giuseppe Bonaiuti (AUM-M) 1-6, 6-4, 7-5
4. Adrian Contreras (AUM-M) def. Viktor Ek Johansson (UM-MEN) 7-6 (7-5), 6-1 5. Titouan Le Maout (AUM-M) def. Fabricio Sosa (UM-MEN) 6-4, 7-6 (11-9)
6. Thibault Jacq (AUM-M) def. Dylan Kamel (UM-MEN) 6-4, 6-2 
Doubles competition 
1. Phillipe Zehender/Fabricio Sosa (UM-MEN) def. Giuseppe Bonaiuti/Joao Guariente (AUM-M) 6-4 2. Paul Sobich/Dylan Kamel (UM-MEN) def. Muhamad Bedwan/Adrian Contreras (AUM-M) 6-2
3. Nick Hartmann/Rein Alderlieasten (UM-MEN) def. Thibault Jacq/Titouan Le Maout (AUM-M) 6-4 
UP NEXT: The Falcons will face off against Lee on Saturday, April 15 at 1 p.m. for the final match of the regular season.