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Men's Tennis - Tue, Apr. 10, 2012

The Bethel College men's and women's tennis teams were on the road Tuesday afternoon taking on Defiance College. The Bethel men prevailed 5-4 while the Lady Pilots recorded a 6-0 victory.   

The Bethel men began play with doubles where the Yellow Jackets won two of three matches. The Bethel number two combination of Trent Stout and Rosten Hamman claimed an 8-3 win for the Pilots. And shortly afterwards, with Defiance winning at number one singles, the home team led the match 3-1. Bethel's Joe Rallo and Rafael Barreto then turned in wins at numbers three and six singles respectively to knot the team score at 3-3. Alex Tsikouris then put the Pilots in front with a three-set win at number two singles. However the Yellow Jackets won at the number four position to knot the score once again at 4-4. So the match came down to the number five singles contest where Bethel's Derrike Kolb prevailed in three sets to end the match with the Pilots winning 5-4.

In women's action, the match began with doubles as well with the Lady Pilots getting wins at number one from Sarah Cressman and Morgan McFarren, and at number two from Bethany Blodgett and Kelsey Stichter. In singles play, the Lady Pilots swept all four positions led by Whitney Neuenschwander at number one, Cressman at number two, Blodgett at number three, and Steensma at number four.  

"This was a really big match for our men to win today," stated Bethel coach, John Natali. "Don't let Defiance's record fool you – they have a talented squad and played really well today. But our guys won some huge matches to put us in position to win, and Derrike Kolb really came through for us in the end. On the women's side, our girls played with focus and cruised to the win led by Sarah Cressman and Bethany Blodgett who both were double winners for us in singles and doubles today."

The Bethel women, now 10-5, will return to action on Thursday, April 12th, when they will be at St. Mary's College beginning at 4:00pm. The Bethel men, now 6-10, will return to the courts on Saturday, April 14th, when they will travel to Grand Rapids, Michigan to play Cornerstone University beginning at 1:00pm. 

Men's Scores

 

   #1 Singles Flight (L)                      

1

2

3

Stephen Ward (BC)

 2

 0

 

Trevor Ault (DC)

 6

 6

 
 

   #2 Singles Flight (W)                    

1

2

3

Alex Tsikouris (BC)

 4

 6

10

Austin Gray (DC)

 6

 2

 4

 

   #3 Singles Flight (W)           

1

2

3

Joe Rallo (BC)

 6

 6

 

Cord Speelman (DC)

 4

 2

 
 

   #4 Singles Flight (L)         

1

2

3

Rosten Hamman (BC)

 6

 3

 3

Ryan Nelson (DC)

 1

 6

10

 

   #5 Singles Flight (W)          

1

2

3

Derrike Kolb (BC)

 4

 6

10

Craig Bills (DC)

 6

 2

 4

 

   #6 Singles Flight (W)          

1

2

3

Rafael Barreto (BC)

 6

 6

 

Justin Walker (DC)

 2

 1

 

    #1 Doubles Flight (L)                

1

2

3

Ward/Tsikouris (BC)

 5

  

Ault/Nelson (DC)

 8

  
 

    #2Doubles Flight (W)  

1

2

3

Hamman/Trent Stout (BC)

 8

  

Speelman/Bills (DC)

 3

  
 

    #3Doubles Flight (L)    

1

2

3

Tim Long/

Kevin Kirkland (BC)

 3

  

Gray/Walker (DC)

 8

  

Final Score

Bethel – 5                             Defiance – 4                                      

 

Records:

BC: 6-10 (2-1 spring)      

DC: 4-13

Women's Scores

 

   #1 Singles Flight (W)                      

1

2

3

Whitney

Neuenschwander (BC)

  8

   

Kirsten Wieland (DC)

  0

   
 

   #2 Singles Flight (W)                   

1

2

3

Sarah Cressman (BC)

     

Nicole Lovins (DC)

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   #3 Singles Flight (W)        

1

2

3

Bethany Blodgett (BC)

  8

   

Tasha Brown (DC)

  1

   
 

   #4 Singles Flight (W)         

1

2

3

Jessica Steensma (BC)

  8

  

Danielle Labarbera (DC)

  2

  
 

   #5 Singles Flight     

1

2

3

      
      
 

   #6 Singles Flight      

1

2

3

     
     

    #1 Doubles Flight (W)            

1

2

3

Cressman/

Morgan McFarren (BC)

 8

  

Wieland/Lovins (DC)

 2

  
 

    #2Doubles Flight (W)      

1

2

3

Blodgett/Kelsey Stichter (BC)

 8

  

Brown/Labarbera (DC)

2

  
 

    #3Doubles Flight   

1

2

3

    
    

Final Score

Bethel – 6                         Defiance – 0                                   

 

Records:     

BC: 10-5 (2-0 spring)      

DC: 2-13