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Score: Young Harris 7, Piedmont 0
Records: Young Harris, 1-0; Piedmont, 0-1
 
YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. – The Piedmont men's tennis team fell, 7-0, at Division II Young Harris on a chilly Thursday afternoon.
 
Playing under Division II rules, the Lions (0-1) battled hard but fell in a tiebreaker at No. 1 singles and were unable to take a doubles or singles line the rest of the way in the loss.
 
After the Mountain Lions (1-0) took the first two doubles matches, 6-2, at No. 2 and No. 3, Piedmont's No. 1 doubles team of CHRIS BALE and freshman SILAS SANDLES battled Young Harris's Kash Reddiyar and Ignacio Ascarrunz into a tiebreaker where they fell 7-4.
 
With the Mountain Lions leading 1-0 going into singles, PC was unable to generate any momentum dropping all six singles lines in straight sets.
 
Newcomers BRYCE VANORDER (No. 2) and SILAS SANDLES (No. 5) each made their Piedmont debut on the afternoon against difficult DII competition,
 
Up next, the Lions will take on Southern Wesleyan on the road next Tuesday, Feb. 9 at 4 p.m.
 
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