Men’s Tennis Earns Split on Day Three of Spring Break Trip

Brian Carano

Baldwin Wallace

Wilkes (Pa.)

Doubles

Courtney Murphy / Troy Haas (WUMT)
def. Peter Harris / Doug Ganim (BW-M)

8-5

Michael Kranz / Max Appello (WUMT)
def. Kyle Patterson / Dominic Polifrone (BW-M)

8-5

Andrew Neidig / Jonathan White (WUMT)
def. Kevin Fredrick / Matt Harris (BW-M)

9-8 (7-5)

Singles

Peter Harris (BW-M)
def. Courtney Murphy (WUMT)

6-4, 6-3

Max Appello (WUMT)
def. Doug Ganim (BW-M)

7-6 (7-4), 6-2

Kyle Patterson (BW-M)
def. Michael Kranz (WUMT)

6-3, 7-5

Dominic Polifrone (BW-M)
def. Troy Haas (WUMT)

6-3, 6-2

Nathan Katz (BW-M)
def. Brian Murray (WUMT)

6-4, 6-3

Artyom Nabokin (WUMT)
def. Jake Liebler (BW-M)

6-3, 6-0

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Nazareth (N.Y.)

Baldwin Wallace

Doubles

Kyle Patterson / Dominic Polifrone (BW-M)
def. Lamar Hurt / Tyler Williams (NAZARETH)

8-2

Nathan Katz / Jake Liebler (BW-M)
def. Louis Rogers / Christian Bryant (NAZARETH)

8-5

Brandon Caynor / Brian Carano (BW-M)
def. Scott Trobert / Brian Rosiek (NAZARETH)

8-4

Singles

Kyle Patterson (BW-M)
def. Tyler Williams (NAZARETH)

6-0, 6-1

Dominic Polifrone (BW-M)
def. Scott Trobert (NAZARETH)

6-3, 6-0

Nathan Katz (BW-M)
def. Louis Rogers (NAZARETH)

6-2, 6-1

Matt Harris (BW-M)
def. Christian Bryant (NAZARETH)

6-4, 6-3

Kevin Fredrick (BW-M)
def. Brian Rosiek (NAZARETH)

6-1, 6-0

Brian Carano (BW-M)
def. Jared Sharza (NAZARETH)

6-0, 6-0

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Posted: Mar 08, 2016

HILTON HEAD, South Carolina – The Baldwin Wallace University men's tennis split a pair of non-conference matches on the third of four days of competition during its annual spring break trip.

BW (11-1) opened the day with a 9-0 victory against Nazareth (N.Y.) College. The Yellow Jackets closed out their third day with a hard fought 5-4 defeat to Wilkes (Pa.) College.

Against Nazareth, BW took the early 3-0 lead after doubles play. Senior All-Ohio Athletic Conference and Academic All-OAC player Kyle Patterson (Wooster/Triway) and freshman Dominic Polifrone (Hudson) won at first doubles by a score of 8-2. Juniors Nathan Katz (Upper Arlington/Bexley) and Jake Liebler (Medina) captured second doubles by a score of 8-5. Juniors Brian Carano (Akron/Revere) and Brandon Caynor (Norton) won at third doubles by a score of 8-4.

In singles play, the Yellow Jackets won all six matches to secure the victory. Patterson won at number one by scores of 6-0 and 6-1. Polifrone took second singles by scores of 6-3 and 6-0. Katz secured number three by scores of 6-2 and 6-1. Freshman Matt Harris (Akron/Revere) won number four singles by scores of 6-4 and 6-3. Senior Kevin Fredrick (Archbold) took fifth singles by scores of 6-1 and 6-0. Carano secured sixth singles by identical scores of 6-0.

Against Wilkes, BW trailed 3-0 after doubles action.

In singles action, the Yellow Jackets won four of six matches. Senior All-Ohio Athletic Conference and Academic All-OAC player Peter Harris (Akron/Revere) won his match at first singles by scores of 6-4 and 6-3. Patterson took third singles by scores of 6-3 and 7-5. Polifrone captured fourth singles by scores of 6-3 and 6-2. Katz earned a victory at fifth singles by scores of 6-4 and 6-3.

BW closes out its spring break trip on Wednesday, March 9 with a pair of non-conference matches against Gordon (Mass.) College and Bridgewater (Va.) College. The Gordon match is scheduled to begin at 8 am and the Bridgewater match is slated for a 6:30 p.m. start.