SAVANNAH, Ga. | The No. 22 University of North Georgia men's tennis team put a scare in No. 3 Armstrong State but eventually fell, 5-2, in the Round of 32 of the NCAA Division II Men's Tennis Tournament on Monday afternoon at Bacon Park in Savannah.
 
The Pirates (24-2) will take part in the Round of 16 on May 18-21 in Denver, part of the NCAA Division II Spring Sports Festival. North Georgia, which won its first NCAA postseason match on Sunday with its 5-3 win over Georgia College, sees its season come to a close with an 18-8 record.
 
North Georgia won two of three doubles matches from the Pirates to take a 2-1 lead heading into singles play. The duo of Joe Klokow and Alexander Reinauer defeated Luca Cerin and Otakar Lucak, 8-4, at No. 3 doubles, then Philipp Mueller and Niklas Zielen downed No. 10-ranked Alberto Caceres Casas and Jan Porteset, 8-4, at No. 1 doubles.

Armstrong State picked up its doubles point at No. 2 doubles as No. 12-ranked Pablo Gor Costales and Ignacio Hernandez edged Andre Canino and Lukas Moritzen, 9-8 (4), in a tiebreaker.

The Pirates rallied to win four straight set singles matches to clinch the victory. North Georgia held the advantage in the two matches that went unfinished as Zielen was up a set at No. 2 singles and Reinauer had split the first two sets at No. 3 singles.

The record-breaking season included a new program benchmark for single season victories with 18.

RESULTS: #3 Armstrong State 5, #22 North Georgia 2

Singles
1. #5 Pablo Gor (ARMST) def. #35 Philipp Mueller (UNG) 6-1, 6-2
2. #21 Otakar Lucak (ARMST) vs. Niklas Zielen (UNG) 3-6, 0-3, unfinished
3. Luca Cerin (ARMST) vs. Alexander Reinauer (UNG) 6-3, 3-6, unfinished
4. #34 Ignacio Hernandez (ARMST) def. Hugues Renald (UNG) 6-3, 6-4
5. Jan Porteset (ARMST) def. Lukas Moritzen (UNG) 6-1, 6-2
6. Alberto Casas (ARMST) def. Andre Canino (UNG) 6-1, 6-2

Doubles
1. Philipp Mueller/Niklas Zielen (UNG) def. #10 Alberto Casas/Jan Porteset (ARMST) 8-4
2. #12 Pablo Gor/Ignacio Hernandez (ARMST) def. Andre Canino/Lukas Moritzen (UNG) 9-8 (7-4)
3. Joe Klokow/Alexander Reinauer (UNG) def. Luca Cerin/Otakar Lucak (ARMST) 8-4