by Emily Jodway, Sports Information Student Assistant
Alma, Mich.- The Alma College men's tennis team suffered a 7-2 loss at home to Lake Superior State University on Sunday (Feb. 19) afternoon at the Superior Street Tennis Complex. It is the third straight loss for the Scots.
Junior
Noah Ackerman (Munising, Mich./Munising) picked up Alma's lone singles win defeating the Lakers Mateus Souza Fonai 6-2, 6-2 at No. 5 singles. Things were close at No. 2 and No. 4 singles, where the matches were decided by tiebreakers.
Luke Van Fleet fell by an 8-6 margin in the second-set tiebreaker after a 6-1 loss in the first set, while freshman
Evan Vergith (Holly, Mich./Holly) took the first set against LSSU's Ieuan Lister before dropping the second set, 6-4. In the third set super tiebreakter, Lister topped Vergith, 10-4.
The doubles team of junior
Tristen Fox (DeWitt, Mich./DeWitt) and Vergith took an 8-5 win against Miles Munro and Hunter Koster as the Lakers built up a 2-1 lead after the opening three matches.
The Scots will travel to Delaware, Ohio, on Sunday, Feb. 26, for their next contest against Ohio Wesleyan University. The match is set to start at 10:00 a.m.
