April 18, 2018

DC Blanked in Conference Match-up with Earlham

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Earlham College	Defiance College
Score	9	0

Doubles

Vitalii Stadnyk / Vojislav Tatarevic def. Adam Swisher / Jared Schnee 8-1
Nicola Manni / Joaquin Lerner def. Nathan Principe / Eline Widman 8-2
Brandon Giordanelli / Hyunseong Ahn def. Ring Lardner / Micaiah Cox 8-0

Singles

Vitalii Stadnyk def. Adam Swisher 6-2 , 6-2
Vojislav Tatarevic def. Jared Schnee 6-0 , 6-0
Nicola Manni def. Eline Widman 6-1 , 6-0
Brandon Giordanelli def. Nathan Principe 6-1 , 6-4
Joaquin Lerner def. Ring Lardner 6-0 , 6-0
Hyunseong Ahn def. Micaiah Cox 6-0 , 6-0

DEFIANCE, Ohio – The Defiance College men's tennis team dropped their home match with Earlham College this afternoon at the George Smart Center, falling 8-0.

The Yellow Jackets opened the match with three straight losses in the doubles flights. First doubles partners Adam Swisher and Jared Schnee fell 8-1 before duo Nathan Principe and Eline Widman dropped second doubles 8-2. At No. 3, Ring Lardner and Micaiah Cox were rolled 8-0.

The Quakers continued to dominate in the singles action, earning victories in the rest of the matches. At first singles, Swisher was defeated 6-2, 6-2 while Schnee fell 6-0, 6-0 at No. 2 singles. Widman was upset 6-1, 6-0 at third singles as Principe and Lardner fell at fifth and sixth singles 6-1, 6-4 and 6-0, 6-0 respectively. Cox rounded out the sweep with a 6-0, 6-0 loss at sixth singles.

This drops the Purple and Gold to 3-14 on the season and 1-3 in HCAC conference play. Defiance looks to rebound as they travel for away contests with Transylvania University at 11:00 AM followed by a match Franklin College at 5:00 PM.