Men’s tennis team edged by Albion, 5-4

The Olivet College men’s tennis team dropped a close 5-4 decision to Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) rival Albion College this afternoon inside the Ungrodt Tennis Center in Albion.

Team Stats

Olivet College

Albion College

Score

Doubles

Zachary Croze / Drew Gilmer (OLIVET)
def. Nick Kinachtchouk / Josh McGarry (ALBION)

8-5

Robert Joerg / Israel Trevino (ALBION)
def. Noah Bindschatel / Donald Doyle (OLIVET)

8-6

Ben Morris / Tyler Nobel (OLIVET)
def. Patrick Barclay / Chandler Martin (ALBION)

8-4

Singles

Josh McGarry (ALBION)
def. Zachary Croze (OLIVET)

6-3 , 6-4

Robert Joerg (ALBION)
def. Drew Gilmer (OLIVET)

6-2 , 6-7 (5-7) , 6-0

Israel Trevino (ALBION)
def. Noah Bindschatel (OLIVET)

5-7 , 6-3 , 6-4

Nick Kinachtchouk (ALBION)
def. Donald Doyle (OLIVET)

6-1 , 6-1

Ben Morris (OLIVET)
def. Patrick Barclay (ALBION)

6-0 , 1-6 , 6-3

Tyler Nobel (OLIVET)
def. Chandler Martin (ALBION)

7-5 , 5-7 , 1-0 (10-6)

April 6, 2018

ALBION, Mich. – The Olivet College men's tennis team dropped a close 5-4 decision to Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) rival Albion College this afternoon inside the Ungrodt Tennis Center in Albion.

THE BASICS
Final Score: Albion 5, Olivet 4
Location: Ungrodt Tennis Center; Albion, Mich.
Records: Olivet 2-9 overall, 0-3 MIAA; Albion 5-10 overall, 1-2 MIAA

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Comets won two of the three doubles flights.
The Britons came back to win four of six singles flights to claim a come-from-behind victory. In addition, four of the flights needed three sets to determine the outcome, with Albion and Olivet each winning two.

FOR THE COMETS

Sophomore Zachary Croze and freshman Drew Gilmer won an 8-5 pro-set at No. 1 doubles.
The No. 3 doubles duo of junior Ben Morris and sophomore Tyler Nobel picked-up an 8-4 pro-set win.
At No. 5 singles, Morris did not lose any games in the first set before his opponent won the second set 6-1. Morris took the deciding set, 6-3.
At No. 6 singles, Nobel won the first set 7-5 before his opponent won the second set by a matching 7-5 score. Since the outcome of the match was decided, a super-tiebreaker decided the match. Nobel won it with a 10-6 score.
The other flights decided in three sets were by Gilmer at the No. 2 slot and freshman Noah Bindschatel at the No. 3 slot.

BEYOND THE NUMBERS

With today's result, Olivet almost snapped a long losing streak in MIAA play. The last time the Comets won a MIAA match was 1992 when they defeated Adrian College.

UP NEXT

The Comets wrap-up a busy stretch of four matches in five days Sunday when it hosts Adrian College at the Minges Creek Athletic Club in Battle Creek. First serve is slated for 1 p.m.