NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The IUPUI men's tennis team dropped Thursday night's match in the road at Lipscomb. Kamil Kozerski, Steven Paz and Eli Mercer all recorded singles points in the loss.
 
The Jags opened with doubles play, falling in two out of the three, dropping the doubles point. Kozerski and Emil Jankowski fell in the number one spot, 6-1 while Blessing Benibo and Noah Viste dropped the number two doubles match, 6-3. Luka Rodic and Paz were winning, 5-3 in the number three doubles match when it went unfinished.
 
After dropping the doubles point, the Jags earned three singles points but couldn't seal a fourth point falling, 4-3. Kozerski defeated his opponent in the number one singles match in a dominate two sets, 6-2, 6-4. Paz won in the number four spot in two sets, 6-4, 7-6 while Mercer earned the third singles point in the number six spot, 7-6, 4-6, 13-11.
 
Viste fought hard to give the Jags their fourth point taking the number two singles match to three sets but he ultimately found himself on the wrong side of the outcome, 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. Nate Day dropped the number three singles match, 6-2, 6-3 while Rodic fell in the number five spot, 6-1, 6-2.
 
The Jags will next travel to Orlando, Florida to face Lehigh on March 11 and Lafayette College on March 13.