March 8, 2008

Malone Goes 4-1 At Hilton Head

The Malone College men’s tennis team added three more victories (in four matches) at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina last week for a 4-1 overall record during the trip.  The Pioneers defeated Covenant (GA) College 5-3 on Monday and Gettysburg (PA) College 7-2 on Wednesday.  Then on Thursday, Malone defeated Tri-State (IN) University 9-0 but, later in the day, lost to Palm Beach Atlantic (FL) University 5-1.  The team now stands at 7-3 on the season.       
 
Scores for the matches (in order - Covenant, Gettysburg, Tri-State, Palm Beach Atlantic) were as follows:
 
#1 Jason Christman (Sr., McKinley H.S.) L 2-6, 6-4/10-8  W 6-1, 6-1          W 6-2, 6-4          L 6-2, 6-2
 
#2 Kyle Bowers (Jr., Norwalk H.S.)        W 6-3, 6-3         W 6-2, 6-1          W 6-2, 6-4           L 6-4, 6-1
 
#3 David Cairns (Fr., Strongsville, OH)   W 6-1, 6-2         W 6-0, 6-0          W 6-0, 6-0          W 6-0, 6-2
 
#4 Nathaniel Rodd  (So., Canton, OH)     L 7-6, 2-6/5-10  W 6-7, 6-4, 6-1   W 6-3, 6-1           dnp
 
#5 Tim Springirth (Jr., Erie, PA)              W 6-2, 6-0         W 6-4, 4-6, 6-2   W 6-2, 6-1           dnp
 
#6 Tim Frazier (So., Beaver Falls, PA)    DNF 2-0, -         W 6-3, 3-6, 6-4   W 3-6, 6-2/10-5   dnp
 
#1 Christman/Bowers                               W 8-0                 W 8-4                  W 8-4                 L 8-2
 
#2 Rodd/Springirth                                    L 8-2                    ---                        ---                     ---
 
#2 Cairns/Rodd                                            ---                    L 8-3                   W 8-3                 L 8-4
 
#3 Cairns/Dan Yard (Sr., Louisville H.S.) W 8-3                  ---                       ---                      ---
 
#3 Springirth/Yard                                    ---                       L 8-5                   W 8-3                 L 8-2
 
    
This week, Malone (7-3) is scheduled to play at Notre Dame (OH) College on Thursday at 4:00 p.m. in its only match of the week.
 
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