GOSHEN, Ind. – The Spring Arbor University men's tennis team's season came to a close Tuesday with an 8-1 setback at Goshen College in the Crossroads League Tournament Quarterfinals.

Goshen (11-1, 7-1 CL), the tournament's No. 2 seed, began the afternoon with a sweep of all three doubles matches. Juniors Vincent McShane and Jacob Byrd won the first four games at the No. 2 position, but the Maple Leafs would rally back to win 8-6. Senior Jesse DeBoer and freshman Nick Romano also battled hard at No. 1, but would ultimately fall 8-5.

DeBoer picked up the lone singles win for the Cougars at the No. 1 spot. After winning the first set in a tiebreak, GC's Jon Kaasa answered by winning set two in a tiebreak forcing a third-set super-tiebreaker which DeBoer pulled out 10-8.

Spring Arbor finished the fall season with a 2-7 record.

Singles
#1 Jesse DeBoer (SAU) def. Jon Kaasa (GC) 7-6 (4), 6-7(4), (10-8)
#2 Aritha Weerasinghe (GC) def. Nick Romano (SAU) 6-2, 6-2
#3 Eric Zuercher (GC) def. Vincent McShane (SAU) 6-1, 6-1
#4 Vasanth Palanisamy (GC) def. Jacob Byrd (SAU) 6-0, 6-1
#5 Michael Oyer (GC) def. Josh Scott (SAU) 6-2, 6-0
#6 Kartikeya Sharma (GC) def. Sam Head (SAU) 6-0, 6-1

Doubles
#1 Kaasa / Palanisamy (GC) def. DeBoer / Romano (SAU) 8-5
#2 Balazs Pirot / Zuercher (GC) def. McShane / Byrd (SAU) 8-6
#3 Weerasinghe / Sharma (GC) def. Scott / Thomas Hall (SAU) 8-1