KENNESAW, Ga. — Kyvan Rietkerk and Leon Peranovic delivered a thrilling tie-break comeback win to seize the doubles point and help fuel No. 73 Kennesaw State men's tennis to a 5-2 victory over Lipscomb on Sunday afternoon at Betty Siegel Courts.

Rietkerk and Peranovic went to a tie-break in No. 1 doubles with control of the point hanging in the balance after an Owl win on court three and Bisons' win on two. KSU's court-one pairing mounted a furious comeback from an early 1-4 deficit to win the tie-break and the match 7-6 (7-4).

Ben Hudson and Xavi Ferrer opened doubles play with a quick 6-2 win on court three. Ferrer took that momentum and quickly won No. 6 singles 6-2, 6-1.

Peranovic and Nathan Walters added two more straight-set victories to clinch the match for the Owls. Peranovic won court two 6-2, 6-2, while Walters took his fifth consecutive match in a 6-3, 7-5 decision on four.

Erik Vladimirov made his season debut for KSU and earned the team's fifth point of the day in a 6-1, 4-6, 7-5 win on court five.

The Owls' Sunday match featured its annual epilepsy awareness day. KSU honored those afflicted with the disease by wearing specialty epilepsy-awareness purple uniforms. 

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The Owls conclude their three-match homestand on Monday versus Presbyterian at 1 p.m. EDT.
 

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