ADRIAN, Mich. – The Spring Arbor University men's tennis team suffered its first setback of the spring season falling 7-2 at Adrian College on Thursday.
The loss dropped the Cougars to 3-9 overall while the Bulldogs improved to 4-1.
Adrian started the match by taking the top two doubles matches, defeating Michael Darling and Jesse DeBoer 8-5 on the No. 1 court before downing John Hall and Tony Mayotte 8-4 at No. 2. The team of Andrew Herlein and Andrew Fitzpatrick picked up a point for the Cougars, though, with their 8-6 win at No. 3.
In singles play, Jacob Byrd earned the lone victory, prevailing in three sets 4-6, 6-4, 10-3.
Spring Arbor will visit Albion College on Mar. 5 before returning home to host Trine University on Mar. 26.
Singles
#1 Brandon Brom (AC) def. Michael Darling (SAU) 6-4, 7-6 (7-2)
#2 Joey Loselle (AC) def. Jesse DeBoer (SAU) 6-4, 6-0
#3 Michael Mertz (AC) def. John Hall (SAU) 6-2, 6-1
#4 Jeff Sophiea (AC) def. Andrew Herlein (SAU) 6-4, 2-6, 10-7
#5 Troy Gargrave (AC) def. Tony Mayotte (SAU) 6-4, 6-2
#6 Jacob Byrd (SAU) def. Alex Amos (AC) 4-6, 6-4, 10-3
Doubles
#1 Michael Mertz / Joey Loselle (AC) def. Michael Darling / Jesse DeBoer (SAU) 8-5
#2 Jeff Sophiea / Troy Gargrave (AC) def. John Hall / Tony Mayotte (SAU) 8-4
#3 Andrew Herlein / Andrew Fitzpatrick (SAU) def. Alex Amos / Brandon Brom (AC) 8-6
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