SPARTANBURG, S.C. – The Wofford men's tennis team fell, 6-1, to USC Upstate on Friday afternoon at the USC Upstate Tennis Complex.
 
The loss drops the Terriers to 4-3 on the season and 0-3 in true road matches.
 
The Spartans received momentum early on, as they took the doubles point when Fernando Bernardes and Ignacio Garrido closed out the Wofford team of Trevor Gotkowski and Andrew Graham, 6-4. Haris Poric and Julian Chousa's match was tied, 5-5, when USC Upstate clinched the point, so that match went unfinished.
 
After the Spartans took the first singles match to take a 2-0 lead, Lucas Cerbelli continued his strong play for the Terriers, closing out USC Upstate's Ankush Arora, 6-4, 6-4, in the no. 2 position. Cerbelli's win cut the Spartans lead to 2-1, but that was as close as the Terriers got to the lead, as the Spartans won the four remaining matches in straight sets to earn the win.
 
In the no. 3 spot, Wofford's Parks Schoen battled to force a second set tiebreak but Bernardes took the tiebreak to win the match, 6-1, 7-6 (4-0).
 
The Terriers will be back in action tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. as they host Emmanuel College (Ga.) at Reeves Tennis Center.