Anderson Earns Win against Manchester in Conference Opener

The Anderson University men's tennis team competed in Fort Wayne on Saturday at the Wildwood Racquet Club against the Manchester University Spartans and the Spring Arbor University Cougars in back-to-back matches.

Anderson (9-2, 1-0) picked up a 7-2 Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) victory against Manchester (1-16, 0-1) and fell 0-9 to the Cougars in a non-conference (10-7) matchup.

HEAD COACH MATT MOORE'S COMMENTS

On Manchester: "It was a great start to the conference season with a solid victory. It was also great to see some new players in the lineup. I thought we did a really nice job in doubles, controlling points with serves."

On Spring Arbor: "This was a great preparation match as we play Transylvania University next week. Despite the score, our players did a remarkable job fighting and pushing their opponents. We had a great mental outlook and continued to illustrate to ourselves we can compete with top tier competition."

ANDERSON 7, MANCHESTER 2

No. 1 Doubles – Colton Stevens/Cory Evans (Anderson) def. Andrew Kibler/Austin Arnold (Manchester) 8-7 (7-4)

No. 2 Doubles – Seth Nation/Peter Hallam (Anderson) def. Blake Rentschler/Samuel Hollingsworth (Manchester) 8-1

No. 3 Doubles – Jordan Ashton/Brant Brouillette (Anderson) def. Evelyn Minton/Maddy Russon (Manchester) 8-1

No. 1 Singles – Tucker Bradley (Anderson) def. Samuel Hollingsworth (Manchester) 6-0, 6-0

No. 2 Singles – Austin Arnold (Manchester) def. Seth Nation (Anderson) 0-6, 7-5, 6-2

No. 3 Singles – Andrew Kibler (Manchester) def. Cory Evans (Anderson) 6-3, 0-6, 1-0 (11-9)

No. 4 Singles – Dylan Lemon (Anderson) def. Blake Rentschler (Manchester) 6-2, 6-4

No. 5 Singles – Parker Bradley (Anderson) def. Maddy Russon (Manchester) 6-1, 6-0

No. 6 Singles – Lance Holdren (Anderson) def. Anna Hollingsworth (Manchester) 6-0, 6-0

SPRING ARBOR 9, ANDERSON 0

No. 1 Doubles – Brendan Bentley/Ryan MaClean (Spring Arbor) def. Cory Evans/Colton Stevens (Anderson) 8-2

No. 2 Doubles – Connor Mogle/Sebastian Smith (Spring Arbor) def. Peter Hallam/Seth Nation (Anderson) 8-0

No. 3 Doubles – Bret Bentley/Charlie Dobben (Spring Arbor) def. Parker Bradley/Tucker Bradley (Anderson) 8-5

No. 1 Singles – Connor Mogle (Spring Arbor) def. Colton Stevens (Anderson) 6-0, 6-1

No. 2 Singles – Brendan Bentley (Spring Arbor) def. Tucker Bradley (Anderson) 7-5, 7-6 (7-2)

No. 3 Singles – Sebastian Smith (Spring Arbor) def. Seth Nation (Anderson) 6-1, 7-6 (7-0)

No. 4 Singles – Ryan MaClean (Spring Arbor) def. Cory Evans (Anderson) 6-0, 6-1

No. 5 Singles – Bret Bentley (Spring Arbor) def. Peter Hallam (Anderson) 6-2, 6-3

No. 6 Singles – Drew Hall (Spring Arbor) def. Dylan Lemon (Anderson) 6-3, 6-2

UP NEXT

Anderson will be back in action on Saturday when they host Transylvania University (2-9, 0-1) in an HCAC battle at 11AM at the AU Raven Tennis Courts.