The Malone University men's tennis team traveled to Tiffin University on Saturday but came up short in an 8-1 loss to the Dragons. With the loss, the Pioneers dropped to 0-6 overall for the 2011-12 year while Tiffin improved to 2-1 on the season.

Nate Davis, playing at #1 singles, earned the Pioneers' lone win on the day in a convincing 6-1, 6-3 decision.

Scores for the match were as follows:

Singles:

     Malone                         Tiffin                              Winner             Score
1. Nate Davis                   Luiz Carvalho              Malone            6-1, 6-3
2. Alex Steinmetz            Kyle Johnson              Tiffin                 6-1, 6-0
3. Joss Celuch                Robbie Ball                  Tiffin                6-3, 6-0
4. Brett Krejci                   Brian Coffman             Tiffin                6-1, 6-1
5. Andrew Rearick          Craig Martin                 Tiffin                6-0, 6-1
6.                                        Alex Weaver                 Tiffin                forfeit

Doubles:

     Malone                        Tiffin                                               Winner          Score
1. Davis/Celuch              Carvalho/Leonid Vladimirov      Tiffin              8-2
2. Steinmetz/Krejci         Coffman/Andres Torres              Tiffin              8-4
3.                                       Craig Martin/Alex Weaver           Tiffin              forfeit

Malone will next compete in a home match on Monday (Feb. 27) against Lake Superior State (MI) University in a 9:00 a.m. contest at the Green Tennis Center in Uniontown, Ohio.