DAYTON,Ohio-- Wittenberg traveled to Dayton to host Baldwin Wallace University and Earlham College Saturday. While the Tigers stayed strong and put forth their best effort in all of their matches, the Tigers lost to Baldwin Wallace 9-0 and to Earlham 7-2. Luke Minard (Dayton, Ohio/Oakwood) enjoyed the trip back to his hometown, claiming a 6-4, 3-6, 1-0 victory out of the number-one singles position. Freshman Alex Sarihan (New Carlisle, Ohio/Tecumseh) also won for the Tigers Saturday evening, this time out of the number-five singles position at 6-2, 5-7, 1-0.

FROM THE COACH

• "The story of today's matches was the depth of our freshmen class. Led by Minard and McNulty's fast hands in doubles, the rest of the squad took their cues from our number-one doubles team to fight for every point...Early season double-headers are always a physical and mental battle, but the competitiveness of all of the day's matches proved extra taxing. Nonetheless, we had multiple chances to close matches and we capitalized on several of them. Overall, our guys are playing higher percentage tennis, they're starting to construct points better around their weapons, and we're showing a mental fortitude that wasn't present in the fall. Special kudos must also be given to Minard who won a tight match at number-one singles. He shows tremendous promise and will undoubtedly have a great career at Wittenberg," said Coach Rohner. 

UP NEXT

• Wittenberg travels to Orlando Florida as both tennis programs play a full batch of matches  March 6th through 11th.