In its first match during a spring break trip to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina on Monday, the Malone University men's tennis team lost a 7-2 contest to Northwestern (MN) College.  With the loss, the Pioneers fell to 0-9 for the 2011-12 year while the Eagles improved to 2-3.

The #1 doubles team of Nate Davis and Joss Celuch along with the #2 doubles squad of Alex Steinmetz and Brett Krejci earned the two victories for Malone. Both tandems won by the same score of 9-7.

Scores for the match were as follows:

Singles:

     Malone                             NWC                              Winner                 Score
1.  Alex Steinmetz               David Knight                  NWC                    6-0, 6-3
2.  Nate Davis                     Caleb Kauss                 NWC                    4-6, 6-1, 1-0
3.  Joss Celuch                  Keagan  Blancke          NWC                    6-2, 6-3
4.  Brett Krejci                     Jimmy Ekman                NWC                    6-2, 6-2
5.  Andrew Rearick            Phillip Gudim                 NWC                    6-0, 6-0
6.  Michael Berry                 Collin Henslee              NWC                    6-2, 6-0

Doubles:

      Malone                         NWC                                   Winner                  Score
1.  Davis/Celuch              Knight/Kauss                     Malone                  9-7
2.  Steinmetz/Krejci         Blancke/Ekman                 Malone                  9-7
3.  Rearick/Berry              Agassi Mila / Henslee      NWC                      8-1

Malone will next compete in a match against St. John Fisher (NY) on Wednesday at 1:00 p.m.