The playoff atmosphere was alive and well at the CHC Tennis courts Tuesday afternoon as the Post University and Chestnut Hill College Men's Tennis teams battled in the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference playoffs for the right to advance to the conference championship match.

A three set thriller at #1 singles provided the Griffins with their fourth win of the match, as they defeated the Eagles 4-3 to advance to Friday's championship match against defending champion and top seed Jefferson University on the CHC campus. The match will begin at 12 p.m. and will feature a rematch of last year's final that was claimed by the Rams.

CHC's #1 singles player, Noah Cutting trailed early, losing the first set on an extended tiebreaker before rallying to take the next two sets, with the second set also going to an extended tiebreaker.  With the match tied and Cutting and Post's top player James Vincent tied at 1-1 in the third set, Cutting broke serve to take a 2-1 advantage and won the next four games to take the match 6-7 (8-10), 7-6 (12-10), 6-1, giving the Griffins a 4-3 win.

Post went up 1-0 after capturing the #2 and #3 doubles matches. Antonio Franquis and Marcello Bozzone dropped their #2 doubles match, 6-4 to Josh Cronje and Gustavo Kerber while Tiago Lima and Joao Sousa lost to Niklas Langenfeld and James Vincent, 6-1 at number three doubles.

Post then went up 2-0 in the match as Anton Andersson won at number three singles via a 6-4, 6-3 triumph over Franquis. 

Lima finally got CHC on the board with a 6-2, 6-2 victory at the number 4 spot, and Tom Pitchley evened the score at 2-2 with a win at number two singles, 6-4, 5-7, 6-3.

Langenfeld put Post back in front at 3-2 with a straight set win at number six singles, defeating Pedro Vicente by a score of 7-5, 7-6 (7-5).

Joao Sousa won the No. 5 singles match by scores of 6-7, 6-2, 6-2, before Cutting rallied to win his match and send the Griffins back to the CACC Championship.