HILTON HEAD, South Carolina – The Baldwin Wallace University men's tennis remained unbeaten on its annual spring break trip with two more non-conference victories on the second of four days of competition.
BW (10-0) opened the day with an 8-1 victory against Gettysburg (Pa.) College. The Yellow Jackets closed out the day with its third 9-0 victory of the trip against Albion (Mich.) College.
Against Gettysburg, BW won two of three doubles matches. Senior All-Ohio Athletic Conference and Academic All-OAC player Peter Harris (Akron/Revere) and senior All-OAC and Academic All-OAC player Doug Ganim (Westerville/Olentangy Orange) won at first doubles by a score of 8-3. Senior Kevin Fredrick (Archbold) and freshman Matt Harris (Akron/Revere) won at third doubles by a score of 8-5.
In singles play, the Yellow Jackets won all six matches to secure the victory. Peter Harris won at first singles by scores of 6-2 and 6-3. Ganim took second singles by scores of 6-1 and 6-0. Senior All-OAC and Academic All-OAC player Kyle Patterson (Wooster/Triway) won at third singles by scores of 6-3 and 6-2. Freshman Dominic Polifrone (Hudson) captured fourth singles by scores of 6-0 and 6-2. Junior Nathan Katz (Upper Arlington/Bexley) took number five singles by scores of 6-1 and 6-3. Junior Jake Liebler (Medina) won at number six by scores of 6-1 and 6-4.
Against Albion, BW won all three matches. Peter Harris and Ganim earned a win at first doubles by a score of 8-1. Patterson and Polifrone took second doubles by a score of 8-6. Fredrick and Matt Harris won third doubles by a score of 8-0.
In singles action, the Yellow Jackets completed the sweep by winning all six matches. Peter Harris took first singles by identical scores of 6-0. Ganim earned a second singles victory by scores of 6-4 and 6-0. Patterson captured third singles by scores of 6-0 and 6-1. Polifrone took fourth singles by identical scores of 6-1. Katz won in three sets at number five by scores of 6-0, 4-6 and 10-5. Liebler won his match at sixth singles by identical scores of 6-0.
The Yellow Jackets are back in action on Tuesday, March 8 when it continues play on its spring break trip with a non-conference doubleheader against Nazareth (N.Y.) College and Wilkes (Pa.) College. The match against Nazareth is at 8 a.m. and the Wilkes match is slated for a 2 p.m. start.