BLOOMSBURG, Pa. -- Playing in their sixth-straight PSAC Championship and second in a row against Mercyhurst, the Edinboro men's tennis team fell to the Lakers, 5-1 in the finals. Mercyhurst (16-1) receives the PSAC automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament with the Fighting Scots (10-9), who are currently fifth in the Atlantic Region rankings, will wait for the NCAA Selection on Sunday evening. 

The Lakers won last year's championship match, 5-4.

Edinboro got on the board in doubles with a 9-7 win at number three by Mauricio Santos and Kevin Mboko. It was an identical score from the regular season finale against Mercyhurst for the pair. The Lakers were able to pick up wins at number one and two doubles to have a 2-1 edge going into singles. 

The Lakers picked up wins at number two, three and six singles to clinch the title for the second straight season. With the match already decided, the remaining matches were stopped. All three were even with Vitor Albanese splitting his first two sets and tied at 1-1 in the third at number one singles. Mboko had also split his first two sets and was tied 1-1 at number five singles as Mauricio Santos had just splitting his first two sets. 

Edinboro will now wait for the NCAA Selection which will take place on Sunday, April 22 to find out where they will head and who they will face in the first round of the Atlantic Region Tournament. 


Singles: 
1. Vitor Albanese (EU) vs. Nenad Terzic (MU) 5-7, 6-4, 1-1 unfinished
2. Ruairidh Fraser (MU) def. Daniel Fernandez (EU) 6-4, 6-4
3. Cormac McCooey (MU) def. Mateus Santos (EU) 6-2, 6-1
4. Mauricio Santos (EU) vs. U. Amilleta Gonzalez (MU) 5-7, 6-3 unfinished
5. Kevin Mboko (EU) vs. Sebastian Pardo (MU) 3-6, 6-3, 1-1 unfinished
6. Luka Veselic (MU) def. Thomas McCoy (EU) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles:
1. Terzic/McCooey (MU) def. #23 Albanese/Fernandez (EU) 8-3
2. Fraser/Gonzalez (MU) def. Christian Roettger/Mateus Santos (EU) 8-0
3. Mauricio Santos/Mboko (EU) def. Luka Veselic/Arseniy Sklyarov (MU) 9-7