GOSHEN, Ind. – The Spring Arbor University men's tennis team dropped its second consecutive match on Thursday, falling 6-3 to Goshen College in Crossroads League action.

The Cougars got off to a hot start, winning two of the three doubles matches. The pair of John Hall and Tony Mayotte downed their opponents 8-4 while Andrew Herlein and Andrew Fitzpatrick won 8-3. Michael Darling and Jesse DeBoer nearly completed the sweep, but were edged 9-7 on the No. 1 court.

However, Goshen (2-4, 2-2 Crossroads League) would rally back, surrendering only two sets in singles play, en route to taking five of the six flights. DeBoer outlasted Jon Kaasa at the No. 2 position 6-2, 3-6, 10-7.

Spring Arbor (2-2, 2-2 Crossroads League) will look to snap the skid when they host Grace College on Saturday, Sept. 6 at 1 p.m.

Singles
#1 Luis Perez def. Michael Darling 6-1, 6-1
#2 Jesse DeBoer def. Jon Kaasa 6-2, 3-6, 10-7
#3 Vasanth Palanisamy def. John Hall 6-1, 6-2
#4 Aritha Weerasinghe def. Tony Mayotte 6-1, 6-3
#5 Taylor Ermoian def. Jacob Byrd 6-2, 7-5
#6 Michael Oyer def. Andrew Fitzpatrick 6-1, 6-2

Doubles
#1 Kaasa/Weerasinghe def. Darling/DeBoer 9-7
#2 J. Hall/Mayotte def. Perez/Palanisamy 8-4
#3 Andrew Herlein/Fitzpatrick def. Ermoian/Oyer 8-3

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