The Malone University men's tennis team traveled to Oberlin College on Saturday and lost a 7-2 decision in its second match of the 2012 spring campaign.  With the loss, the Pioneers fell to 0-5 overall for the 2011-12 year while Oberlin improved to 1-1 on the season.

Nate Davis earned a Pioneer victory at #2 singles winning in straight sets (6-3, 6-0) while the #1 doubles team of Davis and Joss Celuch also collected a win in a lengthy match at 9-7.

Scores for the match were as follows:

Singles:

     Malone                      Oberlin                           Winner             Score
1. Alex Steinmetz          Logan Chun                 Oberlin            6-1, 6-1
2. Nate Davis                 Ben Turchin                  Malone            6-3, 6-0
3. Joss Celuch              Charlie Marks               Oberlin            6-2, 6-2
4. Michael Berry            Sam Towne                   Oberlin            6-1, 6-0
5. Andrew Rearick        Soren Zeliger               Oberlin            6-0, 6-0
6. Brett Krejci                 Joe Leffler                     Oberlin            6-1, 6-1

Doubles:

     Malone                         Oberlin                       Winner            Score
1. Davis/Celuch               Marks/Zeliger            Malone           9-7
2. Steinmetz/Krejci          Turchin/Chun            Oberlin           8-4
3. Berry/Rearick               Towne/Leffler             Oberlin           8-1

Malone will next compete in a match at Tiffin University on Saturday, February 25th at 11:00 a.m.