May 15, 2007

MOBILE, Ala. - Lee (Tenn.) became the only unseeded team in the 2007 NAIA Men's Tennis Championship to move into quarterfinal play, knocking off Savannah Art & Design (Ga.) 5-3 after the Bees entered the tournament as the No. 7 seed.

The remaining seven seeded teams in the tournament moved on into the quarterfinal round, headed by top-ranked Auburn Montgomery (Ala.), who dispatched Graceland (Iowa), 5-0. Two more teams moved into the quarters by-way of a shut-out, as Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) beat Berry (Ga.), 5-0, and Embry-Riddle (Fla.) topped Sunshine State rival Webber International, 6-0.

Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) survived a Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) comeback in its second-round match, as the Blue Raiders fell twice in doubles competition before winning the first four singles matches to hold on for the 5-4 win.

Fresno Pacific (Calif.) also moved on after its first match of the tournament, beating Benedictine (Kan.), 5-2, while Vanguard (Calif.) moved past Bethel (Tenn.), 5-2 in the final 9 a.m. match of the day. Lee opened the 10:30 a.m. matches with its win over SCAD, while Azusa Pacific (Calif.) made quick work of Union (Ky.) in a 5-1 decision to push the Cougars into the quarters.

Quarterfinal play will take place Wednesday at the Mobile Tennis Center, and for complete quarterfinal coverage, log on to www.naia.org and click on the Men's Tennis Championship home page.