Looking to strengthen its position at the postseason regional tournament, the John Brown University men's tennis team finished off a well-needed season sweep of Southwestern Christian (Okla.), defeating the Eagles by a 5-4 final on Thursday, April 12, at the JBU Tennis Courts.
Junior Nathan Kuykendall and freshman Cade Cox moved to 7-3 on the season in doubles play and took care of Levi Coleman and Jose Perozo quickly, 8-2. JBU took a 2-1 lead into singles play after senior Kumhal Fulghem and sophomore Jordan Scoggings combined for an 8-4 win over Antonio Lares and Marcelo Alvear at the bottom slot.
Despite capturing the top two singles flights, Southwestern Christian couldn't get much going at the bottom four as the Golden Eagles nabbed three of the four spots. Freshman Samuel Spencer moved to 6-5 on the year with a 6-4, 6-3 win at No. 3 while Cox upped his personal mark to 8-3 with a sweep of Perozo at the fourth spot.
To clinch the victory, sophomore Stone Sweiter returned to action at the bottom spot, besting Alvear easily 6-2, 6-0, allowing JBU the season sweep of SCU.
John Brown was scheduled to finish regular season play on Tuesday against Arkansas-Fort Smith at the JBU Tennis Courts. Results were not available at presstime.
Sports on 04/18/2018