LAKE LAKELAND, Fla. – (RV) Warner took on Sun Conference and Polk County rival (RV) Southeastern and fell in a tough matchup.
 
The Royals lead the Fire 6-4 in the all-time series since its start back in 2013. It's been a rough go at it lately as the Royals have fallen in three straight contests to the Fire. What made this matchup a little more interesting is in the most recent NAIA Coaches top-25, both Warner and Southeastern are gaining votes (RV).
 
Doubles
 
#3 Antonio Santos and Jake Edwards fell to Haas and Barbosa (0-6). It is the first time the pair has been matched with each other this season so they fall to 0-1. Julian Cuartas and Bruno Carvalho put up a good fight against Martinez and Preiswerk before falling (3-6). This is also the first time Cuartas and Carvalho have competed together falling to 0-1 on the season. The lone doubles win for the Royals came at the #1 slot where Bruno Pessoa and Joe Herin took down D'Aboville and Lichter 6-2. Pessoa and Herin paired up for the first time this season improving to 1-0.
 
Singles
 
The lone point for the Royals came in the #1 position from (24) Bruno Pessoa who took down Santiago Haas (6-2, 6-3). Pessoa improves to 5-1 on the season, 2-1 in TSC play, and has won five straight matches.
 
#2 Joe Herin fell to Martinez (6-7, 0-3 Tie breaker, 3-6).
 
#3 Julian Cuartas narrowly fell to Preiswerk (6-7, 4-6).
 
#4 Bruno Carvalho was blanked by D'Aboville (0-6, 0-6)
 
#5 Antonio Santos fell to Barbosa (0-6, 0-6).
 
#6 Jake Edwards was defeated by Glowaki (0-6, 2-6).
 
Up next the Royals take on the Bobcats of St. Thomas next Saturday at 1:00 p.m.