Men Clipped by Sewanee

The Oglethorpe University men's tennis team lost to Sewanee in Tennessee on Sunday afternoon, 7-2. The Tigers swept the doubles competition to put the Petrels in a hole and then eked out several tough singles matches for the victory.

Sewanee easily won at the numbers one and two doubles positions (8-2, 8-1 respectively) but the number three slot was hotly contested with Bryan Bailey and Lawrence Sweatman narrowly falling to the Tigers' combo of Henry and Holloway, 8-6. Had Sweatman and Bailey been able to prevail, the Petrels would have take some much needed momentum into the singles matches.

Felix Mann began the singles competition by winning over regionally ranked Daniel Arnold, 7-5, 7-6 in a thrilling match at number one. The Petrels, however, would lose three set heartbreaks at the numbers two and three positions with Alex Biffle going down, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3 and Ross Beall losing, 6-1, 4-6, 6-3.

Bailey claimed victory from the number four position by topping Jay Hill, 6-4, 7-6 before the Tigers closed out the match with wins at the five and six spots over Brad White (7-5, 6-4) and Masen Shreve (6-1, 6-1).

The Petrels are now 1-2 on the season and will get set for a busy weekend that includes a Thursday match with Cedarville at home (3:30 p.m.), a Friday match at Huntingdon (2:30 p.m.) and a Saturday match at home against Young Harris (2:00 p.m.).