February 25, 2008

Pioneers Defeat Mt. Union 6-3

The Malone College men’s tennis team notched a 6-3 win at home over Mt. Union College on Monday night.  The Pioneers opened the evening by dropping two of three doubles matches, but then fought back to claim the victory by winning five of six singles pairings.
 
Scores for the match were as follows:
#1 Jason Christman (Sr., McKinley H.S.)
W 6-2, 6-0
#2 Kyle Bowers (Jr., Norwalk H.S.)
W 6-4, 6-2
#3 David Cairns (Fr., Strongsville, OH)
W 6-2, 6-2
#4 Nathaniel Rodd (So., Canton, OH)
W 6-3, 6-2
#5 Tim Springirth (Jr., Erie, PA)
W 6-0, 6-0
#6 Tim Frazier (So., Beaver Falls, PA)
L 6-4, 7-6
#1 Christman/Bowers
W 8-6
#2 Rodd/Springirth
L 8-4
#3 Cairns/Dan Yard (Sr., Louisville H.S.)
L 8-5
 
Malone improved to 3-2 with the victory while Mt. Union suffered its first loss of the year, falling to 3-1.
 
The Pioneers will next travel to Hilton Head, South Carolina over spring break (March 1-8) where the squad will compete in a total of five matches.
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