Men’s tennis team opens spring schedule with loss to Greenville

The Olivet College men’s tennis team opened the spring portion of its 2016-17 schedule with a 9-0 loss to Greenville (Ill.) College this afternoon in a neutral site match indoors at Albion College’s Dow Center.

Team Stats

Greenville (Ill.)

Olivet College

Score

Doubles

Justin Tilford / Nate Wieland (GCMT)
def. Zachary Croze / Aaron Green (OLIVET)

8-1

Austin Burkhart / Blake Gocey (GCMT)
def. Ben Morris / Jacob Richards (OLIVET)

8-1

Jeremiah Brannon / Dustin Vincent (GCMT)
def. Tyler Nobel / Michael Tran (OLIVET)

8-3

Singles

Nate Wieland (GCMT)
def. Zachary Croze (OLIVET)

6-0 , 6-1

Blake Gocey (GCMT)
def. Aaron Green (OLIVET)

6-4 , 6-3

Justin Tilford (GCMT)
def. Ben Morris (OLIVET)

6-0 , 6-0

Austin Burkhart (GCMT)
def. Jacob Richards (OLIVET)

6-2 , 6-0

Dustin Vincent (GCMT)
def. Tyler Nobel (OLIVET)

6-2 , 7-5

Brock Renshaw (GCMT)
def. Michael Tran (OLIVET)

6-0 , 6-2

February 10, 2017

ALBION, Mich. – The Olivet College men's tennis team opened the spring portion of its 2016-17 schedule with a 9-0 loss to Greenville (Ill.) College this afternoon in a neutral site match indoors at Albion College's Dow Center.

THE BASICS
Final Score: Greenville 9, Olivet 0
Location: Dow Center; Albion, Mich.
Records: Greenville 1-0 overall, Olivet 0-5 overall

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Panthers swept the three doubles matches, losing only five total games.
Greenville won all six singles matches in straight sets.

FOR THE COMETS

Freshman Tyler Nobel had the most success for Olivet. After dropping the first set, 6-2, he narrowly lost the second set, 7-5, at No. 5 singles. In doubles, Nobel teamed with sophomore Michael Tran for an 8-3 loss at the No. 3 slot.
Freshman Aaron Green suffered a 6-4, 6-3 loss at No. 2 singles.

UP NEXT

Olivet returns to Albion College next Saturday for another neutral site match against Otterbein (Ohio) University, starting at 4 p.m.