Men's Tennis Team Opens Fall Season With 6-3 Loss At Otterbein

Nate Davis earned a three-set victory at #3 singles in Malone's 6-3 loss at Otterbein College on Thursday.

The Malone University men's tennis team, led by first-year head coach Brian Mogus, opened its 2011 fall season by competing at NCAA Div. III Otterbein University on Thursday. The Pioneers played well but suffered a first-match loss by the score of 6-3 against the host Cardinals.

Malone won two singles matches but was only able to win one doubles match. Nathan Davis posted a 2-6, 7-5 / 10-6 win in #3 singles while Joss Celuch posted a 6-2, 6-0 win at #4 singles. The Pioneers' only doubles match victory came in the #3 doubles contest with the duo of Brett Krejci and Jeff DeWitt posting an 8-6 victory.

Scores for the match were as follows:

Singles:

Malone Otterbein Winner

1. Alex Steinmetz Ryan Roberts Otterbein 6-1, 6-2

2. Michael Berry Ryan Shutt Otterbein 6-1, 6-0

3. Nate Davis Kendall Coffman Malone 2-6, 7-5, 10-6

4. Joss Celuch Brad Rhoads Malone 6-2, 6-0

5. Jeff Dewitt Andrew Sutter Otterbein 6-2, 7-5

6. Andrew Rearick Jacob Devore Otterbein 6-0, 6-4

Doubles:

Malone Otterbein Winner

1. Davis/Berry Roberts/Rhoads Otterbein 9-7

2. Steinmetz/Celuch Shutt/Coffman Otterbein 8-1

3. Brett Krejci/Dewitt Devore/Eric Witt Malone 8-6

Malone (0-1) will next compete in a home match against NCAA Div. III Baldwin-Wallace College on Saturday (Sept. 17^th) at 10:00 a.m. (at Harvard Courts in Canton, Ohio).

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