NEWPORT NEWS, Va. – Averett University men's tennis had its hands full on Friday at the Christopher Newport University Invitational at the Eyre Courts. Against a perennially ranked opponent in the Captains, the Cougars grinded out four wins between singles and doubles matches.

Fresh off a third-place finish from their flight draw at Methodist a few weekends back, Lucas Fiandra and Rafael Jodas won a close set tiebreak to dispatch Christopher Newport's Rainer Christiansen and Nathan Russell, 7-6 (7-5).

Over in singles, fellow Methodist singles flight winners Lucas Fiandra and Roger Pamies Petit extended their own respective match streaks with wins over their opponents. Fiandra was pushed to a third set versus Russell, but eventually came through in the clutch with a 10-7 third set super-tiebreak triumph. Roger Pamies won in similar fashion, but rather battled from a set down to defeatedeat the Captains' Ivan Ceric, 4-6, 7-5, 10-8.

Averett returns to play tomorrow, Sept. 27 in Newport News.

Doubles
Barrett Foster / Vincent Truong defeated Julius Bert / Alex Donnelly 6-4
Lucas Fiandra / Rafael Jodas defeated Rainer Christiansen / Nathan Russell 7-6(5)
Jamison Wallace / Alex Seretis defeated Roger Pamies Petit / Alex Rudy 6-4

Singles
Vincent Truong defeated Satwik Kollepalli 6-2,6-1
Barrett Foster defeated Florian Bert 6-3,4-6,10-7
Rainer Christiansen defeated Rafael Jodas 6-0,7-6(0)
Lucas Fiandra defeated Nathan Russell 6-2,2-6,10-7
Jamison Wallace defeated Alex Rudy 3-6,6-3,10-6
Roger Pamies Petit defeated Ivan Ceric 4-6,7-5,10-8
Alex Donnelly defeated Sam Halvorsen 6-2,6-2