The Malone University men's tennis team, competing in its only match of the fall 2012 season, dropped a narrow 5-4 decision to visiting Otterbein University on Saturday.  With its primary season being in the spring, the Pioneers will take an 0-1 record into that campaign while the Cardinals improved to 1-1 for the fall.

The #1 doubles team of Youssef Sonbaty and Nate Davis captured a 9-7 victory while Davis was the only "double winner" for Malone on the day with a 3-6, 6-1, 7-5 marathon win at # 2 singles as well.  Steffan Dwarkasingh won at #5 singles 6-0, 7-5 while Alex Steinmetz, at #6 singles, earned a victory after leading 6-0, 2-0 in the second set before the match went unfinished as the total match victory was secured for the visitors at that point.

Scores for the match were as follows:

Singles:

     Malone                                Otterbein                     Winner             Score
1.  Youssef Sonbaty              Will Willson                Otterbein          6-1, 6-3
2.  Nate Davis                         Ryan Shutt                  Malone             3-6, 6-1, 7-5
3.  Vladyslav Dyenyezhka     David Seckel              Otterbein          6-2, 6-2
4.  Hunter Atkins                     Zach McDivitt              Otterbein          6-1, 6-3
5.  Steffan Dwarkasingh       Jake DeVore               Malone             6-0, 7-5
6.  Alex Steinmetz                   Kevin Adell                  Malone             6-0, 2-0 (retired)

Doubles:

      Malone                              Otterbein                           Winner             Score
1.  Sonbaty/Davis                  Willson/Seckel                 Malone             9-7
2.  Dwarkasingh/Atkins        Shutt/Tyler Gibbons        Otterbein          8-1
3.  Steinmetz/Dyenyezhka    Andrew Sutter/McDivitt   Otterbein          8-5