The Cougars stayed perfect with a 5-3 win over a talented Grace College squad.
Thomas Calderone and
Aaron Mayes continued their dominance and stayed undefeated at #1 doubles with an 8-5 win over Michael Blevins and Nikola Todorovic.
David Darling and Rafael Schuster lost 8-5 at #2 doubles but the gritty #3 doubles team of
Nathan Scholten and
Matt Wojtkowski won their match by a 9-8 score to give the Cougars a 2-1 lead heading into singles play.
In singles,
David Darling defeated Michael Blevins 6-3, 7-5,
Aaron Mayes defeated Todorovic 6-3, 6-0 and
Nathan Scholten won 6-3, 6-3 at the #6 spot to round out the Cougars' scoring. The #5 singles match was left uncompleted as rain came just as the players were to start a 3rd set.
The Cougars move their record to 5-0 and now have sole position of 1st place in the conference with 3 dual matches still remaining.
Match
|
SAU Player
|
Grace player
|
Winner
|
Result
|
#1 Singles
|
David Darling
|
Michael Blevins
|
SAU
|
6-3, 7-5
|
#2 Singles
|
Thomas Calderone
|
Daniel Sanchez
|
G
|
6-2, 7-6
|
#3 Singles
|
Aaron Mayes
|
Nikola Todorovic
|
SAU
|
6-4, 6-0
|
#4 Singles
|
Rafael Schuster
|
Aaron Blevins
|
G
|
6-4, 6-0
|
#5 Singles
|
Andrew DeBruyn
|
Josh Beguin
|
DNF
|
6-7, 6-3, suspended
|
#6 Singles
|
Nathan Scholten
|
Michael Humphrey
|
SAU
|
6-3, 6-3
|
|
|
|
|
|
#1 Doubles
|
Calderone-Mayes
|
M. Blevins-Todorovic
|
SAU
|
8-5
|
#2 Doubles
|
Schuster-D. Darling
|
A.Blevins-Sanchez
|
G
|
8-5
|
#3 Doubles
|
Scholten-Wojtkowski
|
Humphrey-Wang
|
SAU
|
9-8
|
Final Score: SAU 5 Grace 3
Season Record: MCC 5-0 Overall 5-0