MOREHEAD, Ky. – Junior Alex Álvaro won the clinching match at No. 1 singles to lift the Eastern Kentucky University men's tennis team to a 4-3 win at Morehead State Tuesday afternoon.
 
"The thing that was most impressive about today's matches [men and women] is that we lost the doubles point in both, yet we were still able to fight back and get two important road wins," EKU head coach Rob Oertel said.
 
After dropping a highly contested doubles point, Eastern (13-6, 6-1 OVC) quickly answered with wins at No. 4, No. 5 and No. 6 singles to take a 3-1 lead. Álvaro finished the match with a victory over one of the top players in the OVC. Morehead State's Ritchie Kruunenberg came into today's match with a 5-1 record against league foes and defeated a nationally ranked opponent from Alabama this past weekend.
 
Eastern Kentucky wraps up its home schedule this Saturday, April 4 with a non-conference tilt against Butler.
 
Eastern Kentucky 4, Morehead State 3
 
Singles
1. Alex Álvaro (EKU) def. Ritchie Kruunenberg (MOR) 7-6, 6-2
2. Sabastian Penaloza (MOR) def. Ramon van Flymen (EKU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
3. Gabriel Ruiz (MOR) def. Sebastian Mueller (EKU) 6-3, 6-4
4. Daridge Saidi (EKU) def. Nick Mercer (MOR) 6-1, 7-6
5. Diogo Soares (EKU) def. Enrique Samudio (MOR) 6-3, 6-0
6. Juanjo de la Llera (EKU) def. Jose Zurro (MOR) 6-1, 6-1
 
Doubles
1. Kruunenberg/Ruiz (MOR) def. de la Llera/Mueller (EKU) 8-7 (2)
2. Mercer/Penaloza (MOR) def. Soares/van Flymen (EKU) 8-5
3. Álvaro/Asis (EKU) def. Samudio/Zurro (MOR) 8-0
 
Match Notes: Eastern Kentucky (13-6, 6-1 OVC); Morehead State (5-13, 3-4 OVC)
Order of Finish: Doubles (3, 2, 1*); Singles (6, 5, 4, 3, 1*, 2)