April 19, 2008

Malone Wins Two Of Three On The Week

The Malone College men's tennis team picked up two wins in three matches last week as the squad lost to Grove City (PA) College 6-3 (away) on Monday to open the week but bounced back to collect two away conference wins over Ohio Dominican University, 7-2 on Thursday, and against Roberts Wesleyan (NY) College, 7-2 on Saturday.  Malone now stands at 14-5 overall and has finished AMC regular-season play with a perfect 5-0 record to secure the top seed in the upcoming conference tournament (May 1-2). 
    
Scores for the matches (in order - Grove City, ODU, Roberts Wesleyan) were as follows:
#1 Jason Christman (Sr., McKinley H.S.)        W  6-4, 6-3              W 6-4, 4-6, 6-2         W 6-2, 6-2
#2 Kyle Bowers (Jr., Norwalk H.S.)                  W  6-4, 6-4               W 1-6, 6-4, 6-2         L 7-6, 6-1
#3 Nathaniel Rodd (So., Canton, OH)             W 6-2, 6-7, 10-7     W 6-2, 6-1                 W 6-3, 6-3    
#4 Tim Springirth (Jr., Erie, PA)                         L 6-2, 6-3                W 6-3, 6-3                 W 3-6, 6-1, 6-3
#5 Dan Yard (Sr., Louisville H.S.)                     L 6-3, 6-0                      -------                           ------
#6 Dan Yard                                                               ----                        L 6-0, 6-1                  W 6-1, 6-2
#5 Tim Frazier (So., Beaver Falls, PA)                  ----                        L 6-4, 6-3                  W 6-1, 6-0
#6 Tim Frazier                                                      L  6-2, 6-0                       ------                           ------
#1 Christman/Bowers                                        L  8-6                        W 8-2                         L 9-8
#2 Rodd/Frazier                                                   L  8-5                               -----                             ------
#2 Rodd/David Cairns (Fr., Strongsville, OH)    -----                        W 8-6                         W 8-1
#3 Springirth/Dan Yard (Sr., Louisville H.S.)  L 8-3                          W 8-6                        W 8-0
    
This week, Malone (14-5, 5-0 AMC) will close out its regular-season by playing a non-conference match at Penn State University-Behrend on Saturday at 12:00 p.m.
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