Still smarting from a close loss at Taylor on Thursday, the Cougars rebounded nicely with a well-played victory over Bethel College. The doubles teams of
David Darling-
Rafael Schuster,
Aaron Mayes-
Nathan Scholten and
Tim Smolen-
Chris Swank all had decisive wins to start the match off.
The efforts of the doubles teams was followed up by some strong singles play as the Cougars rolled to a 9-0 win over Bethel College. Both
David Darling and
Andrew DeBruyn cruised to 6-0, 6-0 wins in their respective singles matches.
Aaron Mayes improved his singles record to 11-2 overall and 7-1 in the MCC conference with a 6-2, 6-1 win over Stephen Ward at #2 singles.
The Cougars finish the dual match portion of their season in 3rd place in the 9-team MCC conference and begin their conference tournament on Thursday in Marion, IN. The winner of the conference tournament gains an automatic bid to the NAIA tournament next spring.
|
Match |
SAU Player |
Bethel player |
Winner |
Result |
|
#1 Singles |
David Darling |
Nathan Baker |
SA |
6-0, 6-0 |
|
#2 Singles |
Aaron Mayes |
Stephen Ward |
SA |
6-1, 6-2 |
|
#3 Singles |
Rafael Schuster |
Alex Tsikouris |
SA |
6-1, 6-3 |
|
#4 Singles |
Nathan Scholten |
Joe Rallo |
SA |
6-3, 6-2 |
|
#5 Singles |
Andrew DeBruyn |
Derrike Kolb |
SA |
6-0, 6-0 |
|
#6 Singles |
Tim Smolen |
Brett Steller |
SA |
6-2, 6-2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
#1 Doubles |
Schuster-Darling |
Ward-Tsikouris |
SA |
8-2 |
|
#2 Doubles |
Mayes-Scholten |
Baker-Hamman |
SA |
8-2 |
|
#3 Doubles |
Smolen-Swank |
Teller-Hadden |
SA |
8-3 |
Final Score: SAU 9 Bethel 0
Season Record: 6-2 MCC 6-2 overall
