TROY, Ala. – The Auburn Montgomery men's tennis team took on Troy University on Friday afternoon in an exhibition match before their 2019 campaign begins, falling to the Trojans 6-1 at the Lunsford Tennis Complex.
 
Sophomore Eban Straker-Meads played in the No. 1 position for the Warhawks, picking up a victory over Troy's Oskar Michalek, 6-2, 6-3. Straker-Meads also teamed up with newcomer Jose Garcia to win a No. 2 doubles match over Jiaqi Duan and Pelayo Antuna, 6-4.
 
However, the Trojans won two doubles matches to take the doubles point and then took the No. 2-6 singles matches to earn the 6-1 victory.
 
FULL RESULTS
Singles
Eban Straker-Meads defeated Oskar Michalek 6-2, 6-3.
Pelayo Antuna defeated Francisco Jimenez 6-3, 3-0 (retired).
Manuel Bernard defeated Santiago Veglia 6-4, 6-4.
Jiaqi Duan defeated Jose Garcia 6-3, 6-4.
Christopher Tasker defeated Marcus Lind 7-6, 6-4.
Antonio Selma defeated Giovanni Bellio 7-6, 6-4.
 
Doubles
Luis Fox/Jorge Poyatos defeated Jimenez/Veglia 6-4.
Garcia/Straker-Meads defeated Duan/Pelayo 6-4.
Bernard/Michalek defeated Bellio/Lind 6-1.
 
UP NEXT
AUM will open the 2019 season on Friday, Feb. 1, when the Warhawks welcome Middle Georgia State to campus to take part in a dual match with the two women's programs. The match is set to begin at 1 p.m. at the AUM Tennis Complex.  
 
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