Rensselaer, Ind. - The Alma College men's tennis team had its three-match winning streak snapped on Sunday (Feb. 28) afternoon, falling by a 7-2 margin at St. Joseph's.

The Scots picked up wins at No. 3 and No. 6 singles, with both matches going into a tiebreaker. At No. 3 singles, sophomore Luke Van Fleet (Rockford, Mich./Rockford) took the first set, 7-6, after winning the tiebreaker, then after a 7-5 setback in the second set, pushed the match to 17-15 in the tiebreaker for the victory. At No. 6 singles, junior Damien Arthur (Allegan, Mich./Allegan) came back from a 6-4 setback in the opening set to win the second, 6-3, and take the tiebreaker by a 10-6 margin.

Alma (3-2 overall) will conclude its spring break trip on Tuesday, March 1, when it travels to Defiance College for a 4:00 p.m. match.

RESULTS

Singles

1 - Reid Imel (SJ) def. Jared Guy (Alma) 6-3, 6-1
2 - Andrew Klump (SJ) def. Bryan Schutte (Alma) 6-1, 6-2
3 - Luke Van Fleet (Alma) def. Samir Stemmas (SJ) 7-6(2), 5-7, 17-15
4 - Moritz Gisy (SJ) def. Grant Hill (Alma) 6-2, 6-4
5 - Valentin Meier (SJ) def. Noah Ackerman (Alma) 6-1, 6-3
6 - Damien Arthur (Alma) def. Lucas Jessen (SJ) 4-6, 6-3, 10-6
Ex - Chad Barnhart (Alma) def. Joe Cummorford (SJ) 9-8(3)

Doubles

1 - Imel/Klump (SJ) def. Guy/Schutte (Alma) 8-4
2 - Meier/Gisy (SJ) def. Van Fleet/Arthur (Alma) 8-2
3 - Jessen/Cummorford (SJ) def. Ackerman/Hill (Alma) 8-6