DC Men Notch Road Victory Over Central State

WILBERFORCE, Ohio – The Yellow Jackets traveled to Central State University on Wednesday for a non-conference men's tennis match and came home with a convincing, 8-1, victory.

Defiance set the tone by sweeping doubles play, as Austin Gray teamed with Mark Vandevender for an 8-0 win at No. 2 and Craig Bills hooked up with Chance Brown for an 8-0 win at No. 3.

Gray and Vandevender would then send DC to the team win by scoring straight-set victories at No. 2 and No.3 singles for the Purple and Gold.

DC (3-16, 0-6 HCAC) will play at Anderson on Thursday at 4:00 pm, before closing out the 2011 regular season with a tri-match at the Dix Tennis Facility on Saturday beginning at 9:00 am.

Defiance def. Central State; 9-0 

Doubles
No. 1 – Ault/Speelman (DC) def. Russell/Russell; 8-1
No. 2 – Gray/Vandevender (DC) def. Meade/Turner; 8-0
No. 3 – Bills/Brown (DC) def. Dieque/Prather; 8-0 

Singles
No. 1 – Ammon Russell (CSU) def. Mike Ross; 6-1, 7-6
No. 2 – Austin Gray (DC) def. Ali Russell; 6-2, 6-4
No. 3 – Mark Vandevender (DC) def. Tommy Meade; 6-3, 6-2
No. 4 – Cord Speelman (DC) def. Jude Dieque; 6-0, 6-0
No. 5 – Craig Bills (DC) def. Brian Turner; 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 – Jaiden Henderson (DC) def. Richard Hunt; 6-0, 6-0