Men’s Tennis Splits a Pair of Matches to Open Hilton Head Trip

Dominic Polifrone

Defiance

Baldwin Wallace

Doubles

Dominic Polifrone / Matt Harris (BW-M)
def. James Demeo / Adam Swisher (DC-M)

8-3

Nathan Katz / Jake Liebler (BW-M)
def. Tory Savage / Daniel Fabelo (DC-M)

8-2

Brian Carano / Jake Elbin (BW-M)
def. Eline Widman / Brian Kurtz (DC-M)

8-5

Singles

Dominic Polifrone (BW-M)
def. James Demeo (DC-M)

6-3, 6-0

Adam Swisher (DC-M)
def. Nathan Katz (BW-M)

7-5, 3-6, 12-10

Matt Harris (BW-M)
def. Tory Savage (DC-M)

6-1, 6-1

Brian Carano (BW-M)
def. Eline Widman (DC-M)

6-2, 6-0

Jake Liebler (BW-M)
def. Brian Kurtz (DC-M)

6-0, 6-1

Jake Elbin (BW-M)
def. Nathan Height (DC-M)

6-1, 6-3

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Bridgewater (Va.)

Baldwin Wallace

Doubles

Joe Dillenbeck / Josh Rodgers (BCM)
def. Dominic Polifrone / Matt Harris (BW-M)

9-7

Nathan Katz / Jake Liebler (BW-M)
def. Kyle Hartfield / Thomsa Rishcoff (BCM)

8-6

Freddie Roberts / Nathaniel Horner (BCM)
def. Brian Carano / Jake Elbin (BW-M)

8-1

Singles

Dominic Polifrone (BW-M)
def. Kyle Hartfield (BCM)

6-3, 6-3

Joe Dillenbeck (BCM)
def. Nathan Katz (BW-M)

6-2, 6-3

Thomsa Rishcoff (BCM)
def. Matt Harris (BW-M)

7-6 (9-7), 6-2

Brian Carano (BW-M)
def. Freddie Roberts (BCM)

6-2, 6-2

Nathaniel Horner (BCM)
def. Jake Liebler (BW-M)

6-3, 6-4

Emmett Johnson (BCM)
def. Jake Elbin (BW-M)

7-6 (7-2), 4-6, 1-0 (9-7)

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Posted: Mar 05, 2017

HILTON, HEAD, S.C. – The Baldwin Wallace University men's tennis team split a pair of matches to open its annual spring break trip to Hilton Head.

BW (6-1) opened the day by defeating Defiance College by a final score of 8-1 at Hilton Head High School. The Yellow Jackets closed out the first day and suffered their first loss of the season to Bridgewater (Va.) College by a final score of 6-3 at the Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center.

Against the Defiance, BW won all three double matches to take a 3-0 advantage. Sophomore All-Ohio Athletic Conference player Dominic Polifrone (Hudson) and sophomore Matt Harris (Akron/Revere) won first doubles by a score of 8-3. Senior Academic All-OAC players Nathan Katz (Upper Arlington/Bexley) and Jake Liebler (Medina) captured second doubles by a score of won 8-2. Senior Brian Carano (Akron/Revere) and freshman Jake Elbin (Findlay), who rejoined the team after playing on the men's basketball team all winter, took third doubles by a score of 8-5.

In the match with Bridgewater, the Yellow Jackets only took one doubles match as Katz and Liebler remained undefeated on the season with an 8-6 victory. BW won just two singles matches as Polifrone won at first singles by identical scores of 6-3 and Carano took fourth singles by identical scores of 6-2.

The Yellow Jackets are back in action on Monday, March 6 when they play a non-conference match against Roanoke (Va.) College at the Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center at 11:30 a.m.