March 21, 2011

Win Streak Hits Nine for Netters

The men's tennis team kept their momentum rolling by topping Colorado College in Orlando, Florida on Monday afternoon, 6-3. The victory was the Petrels' ninth straight.

Playing the singles matches first, Oglethorpe sprinted to the clinching point by sweeping through the No.'s 1 - 5 slots. Bryan Bailey collected the winning point at No. 5, 6-1, 6-2.

With the match in hand, Coach Howell tinkered with his doubles combinations as the combo of Christoffersen-Dinakaran picked up Oglethrope's lone doubles victory, 9-7. Complete match results included below. The Florida gauntlet continues later on Monday evening when the Petrels square off with Wisconsin-Whitewater.

#1 Singles	Felix Mann	Nathanael Burt	Oglethorpe University	6-1, 6-4
#2 Singles	Ross Beall	Evan Jonker	Oglethorpe University	6-2, 6-2
#3 Singles	Ethan Motz	Thomas Modern	Oglethorpe University	6-2, 6-4
#4 Singles	Alex Biffle	Lionel Zen-Ruffinen	Oglethorpe University	6-1, 6-1
#5 Singles	Bryan Bailey	Will Lindsay	Oglethorpe University	6-1, 6-2
#6 Singles	Rajiv Dinakaran	Zach White	Colorado College	6-2, 4-6, 10-4
#1 Doubles	Alex Biffle Ethan Motz	Nathanael Burt Lionel Zen-Ruffinen	Colorado College	8-5
#2 Doubles	Rajiv Dinakaran Sandy Christoffersen	Evan Jonker Sam Barnard	Oglethorpe University	9-7
#3 Doubles	Lawrence Sweatman Cedric Andre	Will Lindsay Zach White	Colorado College	8-2