MARION, Ind. - The road has not been kind to the Trine University men’s tennis team as they dropped their second match of the season 8-1 to Indiana Wesleyan.
Trine’s win came at the fourth singles position as senior David Murray (Bolingbrook, Ill./Bolingbrook) won his match 6-4, 6-0. Freshman Caleb Knust (Plainfield, Ind./Plainfield) put up a tough match at the number one singles position, falling 2-6, 6-3, 6-4. Sophomore Zach Richardson (Muncie, Ind./Delta) also took his number six singles match to three sets before falling 6-2, 4-6, 6-0. In the third singles match senior Dan Desper (Kendallville, Ind./East Noble) pushed the second set to the limit but fell 6-2, 7-5. At the number two position junior Joe Dunbar (Carmel, Ind./Blessed Theodore Guerin) fell 6-3, 6-2. The final match saw sophomore Joe Clark (Sturgis, Mich./Sturgis) drop his fifth singles match 6-0, 6-2.
In doubles action Knust and Desper took their number one pairs match to the limit, but were unable to come out on top 9-7. In the second doubles match Dunbar and Richardson fell 8-1 while Derby and Murray fell 8-3 in the third doubles position.
Trine will be back in action on September 22 for their only home match of the fall season as they host Huntington at 3:30 p.m.