The Malone University men's tennis team lost a home match to Walsh University by the score of 9-0 at the Harvard Courts in Canton on Thursday morning.   With the loss, the Pioneers fell to 1-12 on the season while the Cavaliers improved to 13-4 overall.

Even though Malone did not pick up a win in the 9-0 loss, #1 singles player Nate Davis and #2 singles player Alex Steinmetz turned in strong efforts in their 6-3, 6-3 and 6-3, 6-4 losses, respectively.  In addition, the #2 and #3 Pioneer doubles teams gave solid performances in their respective 8-5 and 8-4 losses.

Scores for the match were as follows:

Singles:

     Malone                   Walsh                                 Winner        Score
1. Nate Davis             Diego Young                     WU              6-3, 6-3
2. Alex Steinmetz       Mark Innes                        WU               6-3, 6-4
3. Joss Celuch          Jon Esber                          WU              6-0, 6-1
4. Brett Krejci              Louie Thomas                 WU              6-0, 6-2
5. Andrew Rearick     C.J. Kugler                        WU              6-0, 6-2
6. Michael Berry         Christian McCauley         WU              6-0, 6-1

Doubles:

     Malone                      Walsh                                               Winner       Score
1. Davis/Celuch            Innes/Esber                                     WU             8-0
2. Steinmetz/Krejci       Chase Pucci/Jarred Gable           WU             8-5
3. Rearick/Berry            Grant Bilinovich/Josh Gambow   WU             8-4

Malone will next compete in a home match against Cedarville University (7-11) on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at the Harvard Courts.