The first ball was served in doubles action at 6:00 p.m. local time at the Richland Country Club in Nashville, Tenn. From there, it would take five hours and 50 minutes to decide the non-conference bout. 

Each of the three doubles matches went into extra frames, with Lipscomb taking two of three.  UTC sophomore Stephen Crofford (Franklin, Tenn.) and junior Sam Parfitt (Norwich, England) began the evening with a (9-7) win over LU's Mario Hernandez and David Salazar at No. 3 doubles. 

The Bison's Oliver Strecker and Joe McArdle won the No. 1 match over the Mocs sophomore Jackson Tresnan (Apopka, Fla.) and freshman Trent Cobb (Melbourne, Australia) (9-8 (4)).  The No. 2 match also needed a tie-break and was won by Lipscomb's Tanner Brown and Colby Shaw over Chattanooga sophomores Roberto Vieira (Bedfordview, South Africa) and Chris Smith (Johnson City, Tenn.) (9-8 (2)). 

LU took a 2-0 lead when Streck defeated Cobb at No. 1 (7-6 (4), 6-2).  The Bison went up 3-0 with Salazar's (6-4, 6-4) win over Tresnan at No. 3.

The Mocs finally got on the board, taking the next two matches at No. 2 and No. 4.  Vieira, the 2010 Southern Conference Freshman of the Year, got off to a good start with his (6-4, 5-7, 6-1) win over Brown at No. 2.  Smith won his match (5-7, 6-3, 6-4) against Shaw at No. 4. 

McArdle clinched the team win for Lipscomb with a (6-4, 7-6 (5)) victory over Crofford at No. 5.  Sophomore William Disterdick (Hixson, Tenn.) got a win in the final match at No. 6.  He defeated Hernandez (4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-8)) in a three-set match that included a super-tiebreaker. 

Not only was this a one-point contest, but only one of the nine matches did not include extra games, a tie-breaker or three sets.   Despite playing until nearly 1:00 a.m., the Mocs will have to recover quickly.  They face MTSU at the Nashboro Village in Nashville today.  Match time is set for 1:00 p.m. local time and live scoring will be available on GoMocs.com. 

Lipscomb 4 - Chattanooga 3
Richland Country Club - Nashville, Tenn.
Doubles
1.  Oliver Strecker-Joe McArdle (LIP) def. Trent Cobb-Jackson Tresnan(UTC) - 9-8 (4)
2.  Tanner Brown-Colby Shaw (LIP) def. Roberto Vieira-Chris Smith (UTC) - 9-8 (2)
3.  Stephen Crofford-Sam Parfitt (UTC) def. Mario Hernandez-David Salazar (LIP) - 9-7

Singles
1.  Oliver Strecker (LIP) def. Trent Cobb (UTC) - 7-6 (4), 6-2
2.  Roberto Vieira (UTC) def. Tanner Brown (LIP) - 6-4,5-7,6-1
3.  David Salazar (LIP) def. Jackson Tresnan (UTC) - 6-4,6-4
4.  Chris Smith (UTC) def. Colby Shaw (LIP) - 5-7, 6-3,6-4
5.  Joe McArdle (LIP) def. Stephen Crofford (UTC) - 6-4, 7-6 (5)
6.  William Disterdick (UTC) def. Mario Hernandez (LIP) - 4-6, 6-1,1-0 (10-8)