GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The Spring Arbor University men's tennis team ended its skid with a 6-3 victory over Calvin College at the Strikwerda Tennis Courts on Wednesday.

The win pushed SAU to 4-5 this spring and 6-13 overall, while the Knights dropped to 5-4.

The Cougars claimed two of the three doubles points before picking up four victories in singles action. The duo of Michael Darling and Jesse DeBoer earned an 8-5 win at No. 1 doubles while Andrew Herlein and Andrew Fitzpatrick rolled to an 8-1 win at No. 3 doubles.

Herlein continued his hot-start to the spring season by capturing his sixth consecutive win in singles play, edging out Calvin's David Brown in three sets 6-2, 5-7, 6-2. Darling, Tony Mayotte and Jacob Byrd also secured points for the Cougars at No. 1, No. 5 and No. 6 singles, respectively.

Up next, Spring Arbor will host Rochester College on Friday, Apr. 10 at 1 p.m. and Greenville College on Saturday, Apr. 11 at 11 a.m.

Singles
#1 Michael Darling (SAU) def. Tom Griffin (CC) 6-4, 6-4
#2 Matt VanWinkle (CC) def. Jesse DeBoer (SAU) 6-3, 7-6
#3 Matt Buesing (CC) def. John Hall (SAU) 6-0, 6-2
#4 Andrew Herlein (SAU) def. David Brown (CC) 6-2, 5-7, 6-2
#5 Tony Mayotte (SAU) def. Anthony Vroon (CC) 6-3, 6-2
#6 Jacob Byrd (SAU) def. Jared Doezema (CC) 7-6, 6-3

Doubles
#1 Darling / DeBoer (SAU) def. Taylor Asfour / VanWinkle (CC) 8-5
#2 Griffin / Buesing (CC) def. Hall / Mayotte (SAU) 8-3
#3 Herlein / Andrew Fitzpatrick (SAU) def. Gene Hill / Christopher Dausman (CC) 8-1

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