MISHAWAKA, Ind. – The Spring Arbor University men's tennis team won its second straight match to begin the 2014 season, defeating Crossroads League rival Bethel College 8-1 on Saturday.

The Cougars dominated singles competition winning all six flights, five of which were won in straight sets. After dropping the first set, senior Andrew Herlein came back with a 6-4 second set win in his match at the No. 4 position. Herlein completed the Spring Arbor sweep in singles with a thrilling 10-8 victory in the third-set tiebreaker.

In doubles competition, senior Michael Darling and junior Jesse DeBoer played to a convincing 8-3 win in the No. 1 spot. Not to be outdone, juniors John Hall and Tony Mayotte took out the pair of Ethan Turner and Luke Prude, 8-1. 

The Cougars will travel to Upland, Indiana on Tuesday, Sept. 2 for their next match against the Trojans of Taylor University. The match is slated to begin at 4 p.m.

Singles
#1 Michael Darling defeated Ethan Turner 6-3, 6-1
#2 Jesse DeBoer defeated Trent Stout 6-2, 6-0
#3 John Hall defeated Nick Kindig 6-4, 6-2
#4 Andrew Herlein defeated Luke Prude 3-6, 6-4, 10-8
#5 Tony Mayotte defeated Matt Kempf 7-6 (3), 6-1
#6 Jacob Byrd defeated Mason Heller 6-1, 6-3

Doubles
#1 Darling/DeBoer defeated Stout/Kindig 8-3
#2 J.Hall/Mayotte defeated Turner/Prude 8-1
#3 Kempf/Brad Foster defeated Herlein/Andrew Fitzpatrick 8-5

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