Tennis Falls to No. 13 Blue Raiders

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Asbury men’s tennis fell to No. 13 Lindsey Wilson 9-0 on Tuesday afternoon in a match played Bluegrass Tennis Club.  The Eagles will have 10 days between matches before they play No. 22 Campbellsville.

Asbury (3-4) were overmatched from the start but freshman Nathan Schley nearly pulled out wins in both number one singles and doubles.  Schley took the first set from Fernando Bogajo 7-6 (6) before dropping the second 6-0 and the third set tie-break 1-0 (12-10).  Bogajo is the top rated player in the region and 6^th nationally.

In doubles Schely teamed with fellow freshman Scott Layton and pushed Bogajo and Pablo Vilches to 9-8 (2).  Schley falls to 4-2 on the season in singles and together with Layton fall to 5-2 in doubles.  Layton would also lose at number two doubles 6-2, 6-0. 

The Eagles would win only eight games in the bottom four singles matches and lost doubles 8-4 and 8-3.

Asbury will play host to No. 22 Campbellsville in their first real home match of the season on March 2 at 3 p.m.