Alma, Mich. - The Alma College men's tennis team lost to Lake Superior State University in a close match, 5-4, on Friday (March 11) afternoon at Alma College tennis courts.

The Scots, now 4-3 overall, won singles matches in the No. 3 and 5 spots, led by sophomores Luke Van Fleet (Rockford, Mich./Rockford) at 3 and Noah Ackerman (Munising, Mich./Munising) at 5. Van Fleet defeated Ienan Lister 7-6 (3), 6-3, and Ackerman defeated Miles Munro in a clean 6-0, 6-0 sweep.

In the doubles matches, the No. 1 team of senior Jared Guy (Portland, Mich./Portland) and junior BJ Schutte (Jenison, Mich/Jenison) defeated Ienan Lister and Miles Munroe of LSSU 8-5. No. 3 seeded team of junior Grant Hill (Caro, Mich./Caro) and Ackerman took down TJ Myers and Borja Font 8-6.

The Scots continue regular-season action on Thursday, March 31 when they host Concordia University. The match will start at 4:00 p.m.

RESULTS

Singles

1 – Jake Prime def Jared Guy, 6-0, 6-2

 2 – Borja Font def. BJ Schutte, 6-2, 6-0

3 - Luke Van Fleet def. Ienan Lister, 7-6 (3), 6-3

4 – Luis Valderrama def. Grant Hill, 6-3, 6-3

5 – Noah Ackerman def. Miles Munro, 6-0, 6-0

6 – TJ Myers def Damien Arthur, 6-1, 6-0

Doubles

1 - Guy/Schutte def Lister/Munroe, 8-5

2 –Prime/Valderrama def. VanFleets/Arthur, 8-3

3 - Ackerman/Hill def. Myers/Font, 8-6

QUOTES

Head Coach Chris Sandro

"We had big upsets at 1 and 3 doubles. The 1's were down 2-5 at doubles and they came back and won it. Lake State is division 2, so this is the closest we will get to them. I have no complaints. I thought the guys played really well. We were trying to use this match as a tune-up for conference and I thought they played well- that's how we need to play when it comes time for conference play."