The Malone University men's tennis team, competing in its first-ever official GLIAC match, dropped a 9-0 decision at Lake Superior State University (MI) on Sunday to open the 2013 spring season (the men's team's primary season). After a loss to Otterbein College in their only match of the fall, the Pioneers are now 0-2 overall for the 2012-13 year and 0-1 in GLIAC play while LSSU improved to 3-5 overall and to 3-1 in the GLIAC.
Nate Davis, playing at #2 singles, battled his opponent to a three-set finish but came up just short in a third-set 1-0 loss. After dropping the first set 6-2, Davis responded to win the second set in convincing fashion at 6-2 before his LSSU foe claimed victory in the final one-game set.
Steffan Dwarkasingh and
Alex Steinmetz, playing at #2 doubles, came the closest to a Pioneer doubles win but fell by the score of 8-5.
Scores for the match were as follows:
Singles:
Malone LSSU Winner Score
1.
Youssef ElSonbaty Pedro Nunes LSSU 6-1, 6-0
2.
Nate Davis Grant Link LSSU 6-2, 2-6, 1-0
3.
Alex Steinmetz Kyle Koster LSSU 6-3, 6-1
4.
Vladyslav Dyenyezhka Dane Fosgard LSSU 6-4, 6-1
5.
Steffan Dwarkasingh Ryne Dushane LSSU 6-0, 6-2
6.
Andrew Hill TJ Myers LSSU 6-2, 6-2
Doubles:
Malone LSSU Winner Score
1. Sonbaty/Davis Nunes/Link LSSU 8-0
2. Steinmetz/Dwarkasingh Fosgard/Myers LSSU 8-5
3. Dyenyezhka/Hill Koster/Felix DeSharnai LSSU 8-4
Malone will be back in action tomorrow (Monday) when they will play at Michigan Tech in a 9:00 a.m. match.
