February 16, 2008

Malone Loses To West Virginia Wesleyan, Oberlin

The Malone College men's tennis team lost a pair of matches last week in as many contests as the squad dropped a 7-2 decision at home to West Virginia Wesleyan College on Friday and then lost to Oberlin College on the road on Saturday by the same 7-2 score. 
    
Against a strong West Virginia Wesleyan team, which had also beaten Walsh University 8-1, the Pioneers "played very well" according to head coach Tom Brown.
         
Scores for the two matches (in order - West Virginia Wesleyan, Oberlin) were as follows:
#1 Jason Christman (Sr., McKinley H.S.)        L 6-4, 6-4           L 6-2, 6-4
#2 Kyle Bowers (Jr., Norwalk H.S.)                   L 6-2, 6-1           W 6-2, 6-2
#3 David Cairns (Fr., Strongsville, OH)            L 6-2, 6-4           W 6-3, 6-1
#4 Nathaniel Rodd  (So., Canton, OH)             L 6-4, 6-3           L 6-4, 6-0
#5 Tim Springirth (Jr., Erie, PA)                          L 6-2, 6-2           L 6-4, 7-6
#6 Dan Yard (Sr., Louisville H.S.)                      L 6-1, 6-0           L 1-6, 6-4/ 10-8
#1 Christman/Bowers                                          W 8-6                 L 8-3
#2 Rodd/Springirth                                                W 8-3                 L 8-4                    
#3 Cairns/Tim Frazier (So., Beaver Falls, PA)  L 8-3                  L 8-6
    
This week, Malone (2-2) will host Muskingum College on Friday at 2:00 p.m. at the Hall of Fame Fitness Center in its only match of the week.
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