Pioneer Men's Tennis Loses To Grove City 8-1 In Home Match

Senior David Cairns earned a 7-5, 3-6, (11-9) victory at #1 singles against Grove City Saturday in Malone's 8-1 loss to the Wolverines.

The Malone University men's tennis team lost an 8-1 decision to visiting Grove City (PA) College Saturday afternoon in a match played indoors at the Towpath Tennis Center in Akron. Top singles player David Cairns earned the lone Pioneer victory on the day as he posted a 7-5, 3-6, (11-9) victory. Nathan Davis, at #2 singles, nearly accomplished a comeback attempt but fell in the final set in a 10-6 super tiebreaker loss.

With the loss, Malone dropped to 0-8 on the season while Grove City improved to 3-0.

Scores for the match were as follows:

Doubles:

Malone Grove City Winner

1. David Cairns Ricky Garrett Grove City 8-6
Nathan Davis Marc Mentzer

2. Alex Steinmetz      Caleb Fuller                            Grove City 8-2
Hunter Atkins                      Anthony Rosselli

3. Andrew Rearick      Scott Yanak                             Grove City 8-4
    Jeff DeWitt                            Steve Harrison

Singles:

Malone Grove City Winner

1. David Cairns                       Rick Garrett                             Malone 7-5, 3-6, (11-9)
2. Nathan Davis                      Marc Mentzer                           Grove City 3-6, 6-1 (10-6)
3. Hunter Atkins                      Caleb Fuller                             Grove City 7-5, 6-2

4. Alex Steinmetz Anthony Roselli Grove City 6-4, 6-0

5. Andrew Rearick Scott Yanak Grove City 6-1, 6-0

6. Jeff DeWitt Andrew Deckert Grove City 6-2, 6-1

Malone will next compete in an away match against Cedarville University on April 2nd (1:00 p.m.).

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