Men's Tennis

Men's Tennis falls 5-3 in tight battle at Anderson (Ind.)

Wittenberg

Anderson (Ind.)

Ethan Libby / Kyle Fout (WITM)
def. Martin Suarez / Dylan Lemon (AU-M)

8-6

Arturo Mendoza / Sarvar Muzaffarov (AU-M)
def. Mark Trinka / Henry Smith-Heston (WITM)

8-6

Cory Evans / Davis Borders (AU-M)
def. Jacob Bennett / Sven Eerenbeemt (WITM)

8-3

Ethan Libby (WITM)
def. Martin Suarez (AU-M)

6-4, 7-5

Arturo Mendoza (AU-M)
def. Mark Trinka (WITM)

FINAL - UNFINISHED

Kyle Fout (WITM)
def. Dylan Lemon (AU-M)

6-2, 6-3

Sarvar Muzaffarov (AU-M)
def. Jacob Bennett (WITM)

6-3, 6-3

Davis Borders (AU-M)
def. Andrew Garofoli (WITM)

6-1, 6-4

Cory Evans (AU-M)
def. Sven Eerenbeemt (WITM)

6-1, 6-1

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Junior Ethan Libby

Posted: Mar 24, 2024

PENDLETON, Ind. — The Wittenberg men's tennis team fell 5-3 in a tight battle at Anderson (Ind.) on Sunday to close out non-conference play.

Wittenberg opened by taking one of the three doubles courts, as junior Ethan Libby (Loveland, Ohio/Loveland) and senior Kyle Fout (Gahanna, Ohio/Lincoln) won 8-6 at No. 1.
Junior Mark Trinka (Oak Park, Ill./Oak Park and River Forest) and freshman Henry Smith-Heston (Yellow Springs, Ohio/Yellow Springs) fell 6-8 at No. 2 doubles, and freshmen Jacob Bennett (Pickerington, Ohio/Central) and Sven Van den Eerenbeemt (S-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands/Gymnasium Beekvliet) fell 3-8 at No. 3.
Libby and Fout also won their singles matches. Libby won 6-4, 7-5 at No. 1, and Fout won 6-2, 6-3 at No. 3.
Bennett fell 3-6, 3-6 at No. 4 singles, freshman Andrew Garofoli (Springboro, Ohio/Springboro) fell 2-6, 4-6 at No. 5, and Van den Eerenbeemt fell 1-6, 1-6 at No. 6.
Trinka's match at No. 2 singles did not finish after he took the opening set 7-6(2).

"The guys played by far their best match of the season today. Anderson is much improved, and we hung with them until the very end. I was impressed by our resilience and willingness to get better. It was a great weekend individually for Ethan Libby!"