CINCINNATI – The Eastern Kentucky University men's tennis team picked up a win on its top court in singles by reigning Atlantic Sun Conference Player of the Week, Nuno Pinheiro, but were unable to put pressure on other courts to fall to Xavier by a score of 6-1 on Friday afternoon.
 
Pinheiro defeated Xavier's Ryan Cahill in comeback fashion 2-6, 7-6, 12-10 to earn EKU's only point in the match.  The junior from Portugal pushes his unbeaten streak in singles play to 6-0 this season with his win on Friday.
 
EKU (3-6) battled in doubles play pushing the set to six games on court Nos. 2 and 3 but lost the crucial point on two of three courts.  The duo of Christian Cantos Siemers and Pepe Miralles were tied 6-6 on court No. 2 before the match was declared unfinished.
 
Doubles
1. Alex Kotarski and Pascal Mosberger (XU) def. Nuno Pinheiro and Adrian Contreras (EKU) 6-3
2. Christian Cantos Siemers and Pepe Miralles (EKU) vs. Charlie Temming and Ryan Cahill (XU) 6-6, unf.
3. Christian Gonzalez and Kyle Totorica (XU) def. Ryan Kitchin and Kartik Parhar (EKU) 7-6
 
Order of finish: 1,3
 
Singles
1. Nuno Pinheiro (EKU) def. Ryan Cahill (XU) 2-6, 7-5, 12-10
2. Pascal Mosberger (XU) def. Adrian Contreras (EKU) 6-4, 1-6
3. Christian Gonzales (XU) def. Kartik Parhar (EKU) 7-6, 6-4
4. Charlie Temming (XU) def. Romeo Elfving Navarro (EKU) 7-5, 7-6
5. Alex Korarski (XU) def. Ryan Kitchin (EKU) 6-2, 6-3
6. Marco Pennelli (XU) def. Pepe Miralles (EKU) 6-0, 6-1
 
Order of finish: 6,2,5,4,3,1
 
Next Up
EKU will have one week off before traveling to play three matches in three days against Jacksonville State on Feb. 7, Chattanooga on Feb. 8, and Middle Tennessee on Feb. 9.