Men's Tennis Tops Adrian to Open Season

ALMA, Mich. – The 2009 men's tennis season got underway on Saturday with a pair of matches at Alma. The Yellow Jackets dispatched Adrian by a 7-2 score in the first match, before falling, 8-1, to the host Alma squad.

Defiance swept the doubles matches against Adrian and won each of the top four singles contests. The No. 1 doubles tandem of Tim Kurtz and Austin Kleman secured an 8-4 win, while Tyler Ault and Adam Fausey earned the 8-3 victory at No. 2 doubles.

Ault won his top singles match by default, with Kurtz and Kleman each winning in straight sets. Fausey dropped his first set, 3-6, but bounced back with 6-4 and 10-6 victories to pull out the win at No. 4 singles.

Alma turned the tables on DC in the second match of the afternoon, as the Scots swept the singles matches and earned wins in the top two doubles pairings. The duo of Trevor Ault and Lachmond Bratton picked up the lone win on the contest with an 8-5 victory at No. 3 doubles.

Defiance (1-1) will be back in action in one week, when it plays at Baldwin-Wallace on Feb. 21 at 1:00 pm.

Defiance def. Adrian; 7-2

Doubles
No. 1 – Kurtz/Kleman (DC) def. Honeywell/Yeagley; 8-4
No. 2 – Ault/Fausey (DC) def. Merollis/Austene; 8-3
No. 3 – Ault/Bratton (DC) def. Ziajor/Brandenberg; 8-6

Singles
No. 1 – Tyler Ault (DC) def. Orlo Yeagley; default
No. 2 – Tim Kurtz (DC) def. David Blaker; 6-1, 6-2
No. 3 – Austin Kleman (DC) def. Anthony Honeywell; 6-1, 6-2
No. 4 – Adam Fausey (DC) def. Alex Ziajor; 3-6, 6-4, 10-6
No. 5 – Dominic Merollis (AC) def. Trevor Ault; 7-6, 6-3
No. 6 – Branz Brandenberger (AC) def. Lachmond Bratton; 6-0, 6-2

Alma def. Defiance; 8-1

Doubles
No. 1 – Fraser/Lovejoy (AC) def. Kurtz/Kleman; 8-0
No. 2 – Montoye/Stuart (AC) def. Ault/Fausey; 8-5
No. 3 – Ault/Bratton (DC) def. Kerr/VanDorin; 8-5

Singles
No. 1 – Dan Fraser (AC) def. Tyler Ault; 6-2, 6-1
No. 2 – Kace Lovejoy (AC) def. Tim Kurtz; 6-1, 6-3
No. 3 – Alex Montoye (AC) def. Austin Kleman; 7-5, 1-6, 11-9
No. 4 – Mark Stuart (AC) def. Adam Fausey; 6-2, 6-4
No. 5 – Zack Kerr (AC) def. Trevor Ault; 6-4, 6-4
No. 6 – Rob VanDorin (AC) def. Lachmond Bratton; 6-1, 6-4