Defiance Sweeps Pair of Afternoon Matches

HILTON HEAD, S.C. – DC won all six doubles contests on Tuesday and rode that momentum to a pair of victories. The Jackets topped Cabrini, 7-2, in the first match of the afternoon and then bounced Hood, 6-3, in the finale.

Defiance had little trouble with Cabrini, sweeping the doubles matches and winning at No. 3 through No. 6 singles. The closest doubles contest was an 8-5 win at No. 2, as Tim Kurtz and Austin Kleman edged past Justin Walsh and Michael Sim.

The Cavaliers tried to get back into the match with wins at the top two singles positions but the depth of the Yellow Jackets prevailed with Kleman, Adam Fausey, Trevor Ault and Lachmond Bratton dominating the final four singles matches of the contest.

The story was very similar in the second match of the afternoon, as Defiance swept doubles play and cruised to lopsided wins in the final three singles duels to slide past Hood by a 6-3 count.

Defiance improves to 4-3 with the two wins and will look to continue its winning ways on Thursday, when it plays Marian at 8:00 am and Mount Union at 12:00 pm. The two matches will round out DC's 2009 spring break trip to Hilton Head.

Defiance def. Cabrini; 7-2

Doubles
No. 1 – Ty. Ault/Fausey (DC) def. Luo/Wagner; 8-3
No. 2 – Kurtz/Kleman (DC) def. Walsh/Sim; 8-5
No. 3 – Tr. Ault/Bratton (DC) def. Hajas/Beken; 8-0 

Singles
No. 1 – Mingkuang Luo (CC) def. Tyler Ault; 8-4
No. 2 – Justin Walsh (CC) def. Tim Kurtz; 8-3
No. 3 – Austin Kleman (DC) def. John Van Wagner; 8-2
No. 4 – Adam Fausey (DC) def. Michael Sim; 8-1
No. 5 – Trevor Ault (DC) def. Brendon Hajas; 8-1
No. 6 – Lachmond Bratton (DC) def. Walter Jesuncosky; 8-0

Defiance def. Hood; 6-3 

Doubles
No. 1 – Ty. Ault/Fausey (DC) def. Reitman/Hardman; 8-6
No. 2 – Kurtz/Kleman (DC) def. A. Blowe/Yerby; 8-2
No. 3 – Tr. Ault/Bratton (DC) def. D. Blowe/Loomer; 8-2 

Singles
No. 1 – Carter Reitman (HC) def. Tyler Ault; 8-5
No. 2 – Michael Hardman (HC) def. Tim Kurtz; 8-4
No. 3 – David Blowe (HC) def. Austin Kleman; 8-3
No. 4 – Adam Fausey (DC) def. Kenneth Smith; 8-0
No. 5 – Trevor Ault (DC) def. Andrew Blowe; 8-2
No. 6 – Lachmond Bratton (DC) def. Phil Yerby; 8-2