The Malone University men's tennis team was eliminated from the four-team Ohio Independent Championships tournament in first-round action on Thursday as the #3 seeded Pioneers lost a 5-0 decision to top-seeded Cedarville University.  With the loss, Malone closed out the year with a 1-16 overall record while Cedarville improved to 10-13 overall.

Although Malone did not earn a win in the event, the #1 doubles team of Nate Davis and Joss Celuch battled their opponents right down to wire, but dropped a close 8-6 decision.

The two teams had decided prior to the match to play to the point of decision (where a winner was determined) which is why four of the singles matches went unfinished.

Scores for the match were as follows:

Singles:

    Malone                      Cedarville                          Winner        Score
1. Nate Davis                Aaron Niemiec                 unfinished
2. Alex Steinmetz        Bobby Eberhard               CU               6-3, 6-2
3. Joss Celuch             John Filcik                         unfinished
4. Brett Krejci                Quinton Paul                     unfinished
5. Andrew Rearick       Adam Levesque               unfinished
6. Michael Berry           Josh Van Zandt                 CU               6-0, 6-0

Doubles:

    Malone                       Cedarville                             Winner      Score
1. Davis/Celuch            Niemiec/Filcik                      CU             8-6
2. Steinmetz/Krejci       Eberhard/Jared Gerber      CU             8-1
3. Rearick/Berry            Paul/Jake Miller                   CU             8-1