Lawrenceville, Georgia – Playing its second top-ten team in two days the 23^rd-ranked SCAD men's tennis team upset tenth-ranked Cumberland 8-1 Monday afternoon at GGC Tennis Courts.  With the win the Bees improve to 5-4, while the Bulldogs drop to 1-4.

 SCAD start the match up 2-0 as Cumberland forfeited the points at No. 3 doubles and No. 6 singles.  Kenta Naka and Joao Freitas extended the Bees lead to 3-0 with an 8-1 win at No. 2 doubles.  Yulin Liu and Sean Hajdu battled at the No. 1 doubles and came out victorious winning the point 9-7.

The Bees strong play continued into singles as Bobby Brand picked up a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 5 doubles to clinch the match.  Naka, Freitas, and Hajdu all won in straight sets to give the Bees an 8-0 advantage. 

At No. 3 singles, Liu dropped the first set, but bounced back to win the second set 6-3.  Jose Ortego won the third set 10-7 for the 8-1 final. 

The Bees return to action Friday, March 27, when they host Bethune-Cookman.  The match is scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. at Bacon Park.

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