The Alma College Men's Tennis team looked to snap a two-match losing streak on Sunday when they traveled to Marietta College (OH) for the second of their Spring Break 2015 matches. The Scots found success as they won by a score of 7-2 to improve to 2-2 on the young season.
Alma won two out of three doubles matches and then five of six singles matches to capture the decisive victory.
Results
Doubles
Alma's #1 team of So. Bryan Schutte (Jenison /Jenison) andSr. Trent Pontious (Caledonia/Caledonia) and Fr.Luke Van Fleet(Rockford/Rockford) beat Leisure/McGinnis 8-0. Finally, at #3, Jr. Chad Barnhart (Pontiac/Notre Dame Prep) and So. Damien Arthur (Allegan/Allegan) won by a score of 8-1.
Singles
The Scots defeated Marietta by a margin of 5-1 in singles to finish off the impressive win. At #1, So. Bryan Schutte (Jenison/Jenison) was defeated by Alex Schaeffer 4-8, while #2 saw Pontious defeat Tanner Sigman 8-0. At #3 Guy won by a score of 6-0, 6-0 over Justin McGinnis and #4 Van Fleet beat Brendan Adkinson 6-0, 6-0.
At #5, Fr. Noah Ackerman (Munising/Munising) won over Chase Leisure 6-0, 6-1 and finally #6 Sr. Philip Ryskamp (Grosse Ile/Gross Ile) defeated Jon Fitzwater 6-1, 6-0.
The Scots will stay in Ohio and take on Heidelberg University (OH) at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday evening.
