The Malone University men's tennis team lost a 7-2 decision to the University of Mt. Union in an away contest on Tuesday.  With the loss, the Pioneers fell to 1-11 while the Purple Raiders improved to 8-4.

Nate Davis, playing at #1 singles, earned the lone singles win for the squad, in a grueling three-set match, while the #2 doubles unit of Alex Steinmetz and Brett Krejci captured the only doubles victory for the Pioneers.

Scores for the match were as follows:

Singles:

     Malone                           Mt. Union                    Winner                 Score
1. Nate Davis                     Nate Fockler              Malone                 6-1, 4-6, 10-8
2. Alex Steinmetz               Nick Fockler              Mt. Union              6-1, 6-0
3. Joss Celuch                  Patrick Yackmack     Mt. Union              6-3, 6-1
4. Brett Krejci                     Ben Swope                Mt. Union              6-0, 6-0
5. Andrew Rearick            Drew LeGendre        Mt. Union              6-2, 6-0
6. Michael Berry                Jeff Looker                 Mt. Union              forfeit

Doubles:
 
     Malone                          Mt. Union                      Winner                 Score
1. Davis/Celuch               Fockler/Fockler            Mt. Union              8-5
2. Steinmetz/Krejci          Swope/Yackmack        Malone                 8-4
3. Rearick/Berry               Looker/Zach Nelson   Mt. Union             forfeit

Malone will next compete on April 12th in a home match against Walsh University (current 9-4 record) at 9:00 a.m. at the Harvard Courts in Canton.