TIGERS FALL IN DUALS AGAINST RANKED HOLY CROSS SAINTS
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Facing off against the No. 16 mens team and No. 18 women's teams in the most recent NAIA Coaches' top-25 poll, the Olivet Nazarene Univeristy tennis teams dropped duals against the Holy Cross Saints Tuesday afternoon.
Women: Holy Cross 4, Olivet Nazarene 0
The Tigers couldn't get much going on the women's side. The No. 18 Saints picked up the doubles point and then picked up straight-set wins in No. 4 and No. 5 singles. A default in the No. 6 singles match locked up the win for Holy Cross.
Natasha Nieto and Chieh-Yu Chen were hanging close in their singles matches before they went unfinished, with Nieto trailing 5-4 in the first set of the No. 2 match and Chen only down to points in the No. 3 match before the match was clinched.
Singles
4 - Diane Maillotte (HCC) def. Clair Ott, 6-0, 6-0
5 - Anna Beer (HCC) def. Rachel Shuflit, 6-0, 6-0
6 - Clara Ruediger (HCC) def. N/A, default
Doubles
1 - Lopez/Carvalho-Landell (HCC) def. Patel/Nieto, 6-2
2 - Beer/Savvides (HCC) def. Chen/Shuflit, 6-0
3 - Ruediger/Maillotte (HCC) def. N/A, default
Men: Holy Cross 5, Olivet Nazarene 0
The Tigers put up a fight in the doubles matches, with all three pairs picking up points in their contests. Unfortunately, no ONU pairing could pick up a win to surrender the doubles point.
Paul Saleh was hanging close in the No. 6 singles match, tied at 3-3 in the second set before it went unfinished due to the match being clinched.
Singles
1 - Perry Gregg (HCC) def. Carlo Cota Vargas, 6-1, 6-3
2 - Luca McManus (HCC) def. Davi Toledo, 6-0, 6-4
4 - Will Page (HCC)) def. Brian Victor Ayala, 6-3, 6-2
5 - Ciaran McCarthy (HCC) def. Hector Romero, 6-2, 6-4
Doubles
1 - Gregg/Flender (HCC) def. Toledo/Romero, 6-2
2 - McManus/Pagei (HCC) def. Gomez/Vargas, 6-3
3 - McCarthy/Lee (HCC) def. Saleh/Choubey, 6-3
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Tigers will be back on the Snowbarger courts this weekend. The women will square off against Huntington while the men will take on Indiana South Bend on Saturday, April 15.
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*Contact: Evan Wild, Sports Information Director, ewwild@olivet.edu