Gray Leads Jackets in Loss to Elizabethtown

HILTON HEAD, S.C. – Austin Gray picked up his second victory of the season at No. 3 singles, but it was not enough to get Defiance past Elizabethtown on Friday. The Jackets capped their time at the Hilton Head Classic with an 8-1 loss to the Blue Jays.

DC was swept in doubles play, with Gray and Mark Vandevender providing the closest contest in an 8-3 setback at the No. 2 competition. Gray then scored the only triumph for DC in singles action, with a victory over Bryan Metz at No. 3.

Defiance (1-7) will head back north and open league play when it hosts Hanover on March 19 in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference action. The match is set to begin at 11:00 am at DC's Dix Tennis Facility.

Elizabethtown def. Defiance; 8-1

Doubles
No. 1 – Riehl/Fritzges (EC) def. Ault/Ross; 8-2
No. 2 – Metz/Whitman (EC) def. Gray/Vandevender; 8-3
No. 3 – Freitag/Anderson (EC) def. Speelman/Bills; 8-2

Singles
No. 1 – Josh Riehl (EC) def. Trevor Ault; 7-6, 6-1
No. 2 – Eric Fritzges (EC) def. Mike Ross; 6-2, 6-1
No. 3 – Austin Gray (DC) def. Bryan Metz; 6-3, 6-2
No. 4 – Paul Whitman(EC) def. Mark Vandevender; 6-2, 6-1
No. 5 – Billy Freitag (EC) def. Cord Speelman; 6-0, 6-2
No. 6 – Cole Turula (EC) def. Craig Bills; 6-4, 6-1