Men's Tennis Drops First Match of Season

Men's Tennis Drops First Match of Season
Trine University
1
Bethel College
8

Doubles

Jacob Marcri / Jose Morales (BETHEL-M)
def. Blake Trusty / Evan Trusty (TRINE-M)
8-3
Evan Ferguson / Evan Roth (BETHEL-M)
def. Jacob Weiss / Jordan Baker (TRINE-M)
8-5
Brian Shembarger / Jeryl Weaver (BETHEL-M)
def. Isaac Everitt / Jaxon Davis (TRINE-M)
9-7

Singles

Jacob Marcri (BETHEL-M)
def. Blake Trusty (TRINE-M)
6-0, 6-0
Evan Ferguson (BETHEL-M)
def. Jacob Weiss (TRINE-M)
6-3, 6-2
Jose Morales (BETHEL-M)
def. Jaxon Davis (TRINE-M)
6-0, 7-5
Evan Roth (BETHEL-M)
def. Isaac Everitt (TRINE-M)
4-6, 6-2, 10-5
Brian Shembarger (BETHEL-M)
def. Evan Trusty (TRINE-M)
7-6 (7-5), 7-5
Austin Balos (TRINE-M)
def. Jeryl Weaver (BETHEL-M)
6-2, 6-3
full stats
Posted: Sep 13, 2018

GRANGER, Ind. -- The Trine University men's tennis team was defeated by host Bethel (Ind.) College by the score of 8-1.

The lone victory in the contest for the Thunder came from the No. 6 singles match where junior Austin Balos (Niles, Mich. / Brandywine) defeated his opponent with scores of 6-2, 6-3.

Despite only coming away with one victory Trine came close in multiple matches. In the No. 5 singles match freshman Evan Trusty (Fremont / Fremont) came up just short with scores of 6-7 (5-7), 5-7. In the No. 4 match, sophomore Isaac Everitt's (Scottsburg / Scottsburg) opponent needed a the super-tiebreaker to come away with the victory with scores of 6-4, 2-6, 5-10.

The strongest doubles performance came from the team of Everitt and freshman Jaxon Davis (Angola / Angola) in the No. 3 match. The Thunder came up just short losing the match 7-9.

Trine falls to 2-1 on the season after the loss. They will look to bounce back when they travel to face Franklin on Tuesday, Sept. 18 in a 3:30 p.m. contest.