Orlando, Fla. (February 24, 2014) – Playing its second match in two days, the Mount men's tennis team lost to Palm Beach Atlantic, 5-2, on Monday afternoon. Freshman Mateo DeSomocurcio was part of a winning No. 3 doubles pairing and also won his No. 4 singles match on the day.

The Mount (3-4) fell in two out of three doubles matches before the Sailfish (3-3) won four of six singles matches.

At No. 3 doubles, DeSomocurcio teamed with fellow freshman Louis Tonon for an 8-6 victory. Palm Beach Atlantic took No. 1 and No. 2 to earn the point moving to singles.

DeSomocurcio also turned in a winning effort at No. 4 singles, beating Asti Adams, 7-6, 6-2. Senior Mike Zabetakis earned the Mount's other point on the day thanks to a straight-set 6-4, 7-5 win at No. 5 singles. The Sailfish won in straight sets at No. 1, 2 and 3 singles. In the most highly-contested match of the day, freshman Darren Mast split the first two sets at No. 6 singles with Matt Leeds before falling in the third-set tiebreaker.

Tomorrow, the Mount continues its spring break with a 2 p.m. match versus Bethune-Cookman.

Doubles
No. 1: Uryson/Heimberger (PBA) def. Salam/Salomon (Mount), 8-0
No. 2: Nowaczyk/Battistini (PBA) def. Blake/Mike Zabetakis (Mount), 8-3
No. 3: DeSomocurcio/Tonon (Mount) def. Adams/Reifler (PBA), 8-6

Singles
No. 1: Uryson (PBA) def. Salam (Mount), 6-2, 6-2
No. 2: Nowaczyk (PBA) def. Blake (Mount), 6-2, 7-5
No. 3: Heimberger (PBA) def. Salomon (Mount), 6-1, 6-0
No. 4: DeSomocurcio (Mount) def. Adams (PBA), 7-6, 6-2
No. 5: Mike Zabetakis (Mount) def. Battistini (PBA), 6-4, 7-5
No. 6: Leeds (PBA) def. Mast (Mount), 6-0, 6-7, 10-8