ORLANDO, FL – Despite multiple rain delays and play extending late into the night, the LIU men's tennis team took on Radford University Wednesday evening in the Sunshine State, falling 5-0 to the Highlanders.
 
Shark Bites:

• Radford started the match strong, winning the doubles point with victories on courts one and two, and leaving play on court three unfinished.
• On court five, Alessandro D'Anna took his opponent Aditya Balsekarto a tiebreaker third set after splitting the first two sets 6-2, 2-6. His match went unfinished though when Radford clinched the match, sealing their win with victories on courts one through four.
• Philip Hilble also took his opponent Robert Hagen to the limit with a 3-6, 6-4, score after his first two sets, but when the match was called due to the lateness of the hour, play went unfinished on court seven.
• The Sharks are back in action tomorrow at 12PM when they take on Northwood University in Orlando.

 
Radford 5, LIU 0
 
Doubles
    1. Andres Silva/Demis Taramonilis (RAD) def. Ben Brandherm/Danila Ishchanka (LIU), 6-0
    2. Guilherme Severin/Konstantinos Raptis (RAD) def. Guilhemre De Medeiros/Akhilendran Indrabalan (LIU), 6-2
    3. Robert Hagen/Aditya Balsekar (RAD) vs. Sergio Fernandez Romera/Philip Hilble (LIU), unfinished
 
Order of finish: 1,2*

Singles
    1. Taramonilis (RAD) def. Brandherm (LIU), 6-2, 6-4
    2. Severin (RAD) def. Ishchanka (LIU), 6-3, 6-2
    3. Silva (RAD) def. Indrabalan (LIU), 6-3, 6-1
    4. Raptis (RAD) def. Fernandez Romera (LIU), 6-3, 6-2
    5. Alessandro D'Anna (LIU) vs. Balsekar (RAD), 6-2, 2-6, unfinished
    6. Hilble (LIU) vs. Hagen (RAD), 6-3, 6-4, unfinished
 
Order of finish: 3,1,2,4*