[Men's Tennis] Tigers edged by No. 18 Marian

RICHTON PARK, Illinois -- The Olivet Nazarene University men's tennis team faced its toughest test of the season on Friday afternoon against 18th-ranked Marian University. When all was said and done, the Tigers came up short against the visiting Knights by a score of 6-3. Marian took an early two to one lead after doubles play, before the Tigers evened things up at three matches a piece following wins by Francisco Faria (Porto, Portugal) and Jose Castro (Maturin, Venezuela) at one and two singles. The Knights rebounded by taking the final three singles matches to come away with the win. Marian improves to 16-3 on the season, while Olivet suffered their first loss of the season and fall to 3-1.