The Men's Tennis team dropped a hard-hitting match to NAIA, #31, Davenport University, 7-2, on Saturday.  The Scots battled all day but were not able to overcome the strong Panther's line-up.

"We played very well today up and down the line-up," said Alma Head Coach Chris Sandro.  "They are a tough squad, we'll look to continue working hard this week and come out ready to take on LSSU next weekend."  

The doubles matches were all extremely competitive with each ending in an 8-6 loss for the Scots. All three matches were tight all along but Davenport was able to close them out in the end. 

The Scots received a pair of hard fought singles victories. The first win of the day came when Fr. Trent Pontious (Caledonia, MI/Caledonia) won in his college singles debut. Pontious held on for a 6-4, 6-4 win at #4 singles. Sr. Ben Schippers (Traverse City, MI/Traverse City St. Francis battled for the Scots second victory in a lengthy 6-7(5), 6-2, 10-8 win at #6 singles.  

The team returns to action at the Stone Recreation Center next Sunday, February 12 against Lake Superior State University. Play is set to begin at 3pm.

Match Scores:

Singles

#1: Vitaly Schumilov (Davenport) def. Josh Gove (Alma) 6-1, 6-3

#2: Victor Roland (Davenport) def. Logan Beard (Alma) 6-3, 6-3

#3: Christian Woods (Davenport) def. Gordon Rumschlag (Alma) 6-1, 6-3

#4: Trent Pontious (Alma) def. Matheus Carvalho (Davenport) 6-4, 6-4

#5: Eric Pell (Davenport) def. Justin Meyer (Alma) 7-5, 6-0

#6: Ben Schippers (Alma) def. Keaton Briggs (Davenport) 6-7(5), 6-2, 10-8  

Doubles

#1: Schumilov/Pell (Davenport) def. Gove/Beard (Alma) 8-6

#2: Roland/Tyler Chambers (Davenport) def. Rumschlag/Meyer (Alma) 8-6

#3: Carvalho/Woods (Davenport) def. Pontious/Mark Stuart (Alma) 8-6  

Finish Order: Doubles: 3,2,1         Singles: 2,1,4,3,5,6  

Match Time: 4:35

Attendance: 45

Match Notes: Alma College 0-1 Davenport University 5-2

Results