FROSTBURG, Md. - The Davis & Elkins men's tennis team came away with a key 4-3 win here Friday, coming back from a 1-3 deficit in the process. 

Kyle Hawthorne pulled out a 6-3, 6-4 at the #6 position to give the Senators the win in a do-or-die situation. With the win, D&E keeps their hopes of qualifying for next week's  Mountain East Conference tournament. 

Mauro Cupelli (0-6, 6-4, 6-4) and Filippo Buffo (6-2, 6-3) got The Senators back into contention after they had dropped the top three singles lines. That set the stage for Hawthorne's clincher to complete the comeback.

A win over WV State will give the team their first tournament bid since joining the MEC in 2013. The two teams battle Sunday in Institute, W. Va. at 3:00pm EST.

Doubles Competition 
Cole Alcala / German Diaz def. Sean Maphosa / Mauro Cupelli (D&E) 6-3
Duarte Correia / Filippo Buffo (D&E) def. Del Carden / Peter Barun 6-3
Vinicius Azerado / Kyle Hawthorne (D&E) def. Matt Bolen / Field Myatt 7-5
(D&E leads 1-0) 

Order of finish: 1,2,3 
 
Singles Competition 
1) Cole Alcala def. Duarte Correia (D&E) 6-1, 6-4
2) German Diaz def. Santiago Ordonez (D&E) 6-1, 6-0
3) Peter Barun def. Vinicius Azerado (D&E) 2-6, 6-4, 6-2
4) Mauro Cupelli def. Field Myatt (D&E) 0-6, 6-4, 6-4
5) Filippo Buffo (D&E) def. Noah Fisher 6-2, 6-3
6) Kyle Hawthorne* (D&E) def. Viktor Boban 6-3, 6-4

Order of Finish: 2,1,3,4,5,6*