RICHMOND, Ind. – The Asbury University men's tennis team claimed its ninth consecutive regular season conference title on Wednesday afternoon with a 4-3 victory over IU East in River States Conference play.
 
Asbury concludes the regular season with an 8-1 record and will enter postseason play on a seven-match winning streak. AU will be the No. 1 seed for the River States Conference Championship Tournament on April 23-24 at Top Seed Tennis Club in Nicholasville.
 
The Eagles got off to a great start on Wednesday after collecting the early doubles point with victories at No. 1 and 2 doubles from Choopat Suvimolstean/ Rodrigo Cavero and Gregorio Ingles/ Duarte Teixeira.
 
In singles action, Suvimolstean and Ingles recorded straight-set victories at No. 1 and No. 2 singles, while Teixeira earned the match-clinching victory at No. 6 singles with a 6-4, 6-2 win.


Results – AU 4, IUE 3
 

POSITION	ASBURY (KY.)	INDIANA UNIVERSITY EAST	WINNER	SCORE
Singles 1	Choopat Suvimolstean	Francisco Faundez	Asbury (Ky.)	6-3, 6-2
Singles 2	Gregorio Ingles	Moises Sosa	Asbury (Ky.)	6-3, 6-3
Singles 3	Rodrigo Cavero	Adrian Martinez	Indiana University East	4-6, 6-1, 1-0(8)
Singles 4	Tanner Sparks	Manuel Roman	Indiana University East	6-4, 6-1
Singles 5	Luiz Gustavo Hartkopf	Sebastian Torrealba	Indiana University East	6-3, 7-5
Singles 6	Duarte Teixeira	Moises Goncalves	Asbury (Ky.)	6-4, 6-2
Doubles 1	Choopat Suvimolstean / Rodrigo Cavero	Moises Sosa / Thorben Waldburger	Asbury (Ky.)	6-4
Doubles 2	Gregorio Ingles / Duarte Teixeira	Francisco Faundez / Manuel Roman	Asbury (Ky.)	6-3
Doubles 3	Luiz Gustavo Hartkopf / Tanner Sparks	Adrian Martinez / Moises Goncalves	Indiana University East	6-4