The Limestone College men's tennis team lost to Lees-McRae, 5-3, in the first round of the NCAA Division II Southeast Regional on Thursday afternoon.

Limestone's season ends with an 11-7 record.

This was Limestone's first appearance in the NCAA tennis tournament.

Limestone trailed the Bobcats 1-0 after losing at the No. 2 doubles flight, but the Saints took a 2-1 lead after their No. 3 doubles team, Paulo Avila and Miguel Lopez Zuniga got an 8-5 win over Tyler Grove and Alek Mojski.

Limestone's Thomas Ollivier and Phillippe Hogan battled for an 8-6 win over Nandor Solymosi and Steve Karendal at the No. 1 slot.

Despite holding the 2-1 lead heading into the singles competition, Limestone struggled and dropped the No. 1 and No. 2 flights.

Henrik Nordquist got the Saints' only win at No. 4, beating Travis VanHoy in two sets.

Zuniga battled his opponent to three sets while playing with an injury.

Christian Warnholtz also forced his opponent to three sets after dropping the first set.

Lees-McRae advances to play tournament-host Georgia College and State University on Friday.