SAINT LEO, Fla. – The #1 Saint Leo University Men's tennis team traveled to Winter Park, Florida to compete against conference rival #12 Rollins College. The Lions defeated the Tars to capture the regular season Sunshine State Conference Championship.
 
"Great battle today and really good energy from our guys" said head coach Chad Berryhill. "We took control early, and Rollins did a good job fighting back. Our guys did a great job staying back ahead in some tight matches. Proud of our toughest conference in the country! Now the focus is the conference tournament, but we will let the guys enjoy the regular season title for the day."
 
The Lions opened up doubles action with two wins. The pairings of Vincent Thiel and Martin Soukal took down the #9 pairing of Luke Quaynor and Efe Comu, 6-2. Luis Iriarte and Nicolas Bacella defeated Richard Stoiberer and Charlie Putrino, 6-2.
 
In singles, Ivan Marrero opened up singles with a win over #58 Efe Comu, 6-1 and 6-0. #22 Martin Soukal carried the momentum with a win over #68 Luke Quaynor, 6-1, 6-3, and 6-3. #33 Vincent Thiel closed out singles with a victory over Guilermo Castaneda, 6-2 and 6-3.
 
Saint Leo will return to action on April 20^th when they begin the Sunshine State Conference tournament in Bradenton, Florida.

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