The men and women’s tennis teams opened their season with men’s matches against Malone University and Otterbein College last week. The Scots’ men defeated Malone 6-3 at the North Canton Racquet Club in North Canton, Ohio.
Wooster earned a 2-1 lead with a pair of doubles victories with Matt Hoch ’12 and Ethan Arenstein ’11 at No. 1 and Matt Mandell ’12 and Brad Palanski ’11 at No. 3 with both pairs winning 8-6.
Hoch added a singles victory in the No. 1 position, winning 6-7 (5-7), 6-3 and 7-5. Mandell won 6-2, 6-0 at No. 4 singles and Palanski, who won in a tie-breaker in the No. 5 spot with 6-7 (7-3), 7-5, 1-0 (10-8). Steve Conroy ’10 swept past his competition with 6-3, 6-1 in the third singles spot.
The men swept Otterbein 9-0 last Wednesday in their first match of the season at the Central Tennis and Fitness Club. The win included a decisive 6-0, 6-2 win at No. 1 singles by Hoch. Conroy contributed at the No. 2 spot winning the final tie-breaker with 6-3, 6-2 and 10-5.
Hoch and Arenstein earned a decisive 8-3 win at No. 1 singles, and Conroy and Ashvin Reddy ’13 won 8-5 in the No. 2 spot. A team of Mandell and Palanski won 8-1 in doubles and in singles at No. 3 (6-4, 6-0) and No. 5 (6-3, 6-0), respectively.
Reddy won 7-5, 6-0 in the No. 4 spot for singles and Sam Susanin ’13 was consistent in the No. 6 spot, winning 6-1, 6-1.
The women faced Otterbein in their season opener on Saturday and lost in a 9-0 defeat in Westerville, Ohio. Elissa Lauber ’10 (2-6, 1-6) and Erin Bauer ’10 (1-6, 2-6) were solid in their play at No. 1 and No. 4 singles, respectively.
Bauer and Suzi Hamby ’11 teamed up for No. 3 doubles and almost overcame their opponents in a 9-8 (7-4) loss. Sixth-year head coach Lori Schulman hopes the team can achieve a record of .500 or better this season with her most experienced roster. The women will host Malone University (0-1) tomorrow at 3 p.m.
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