OBERLIN, OHIO – The defending Ohio Athletic Conference champion Baldwin Wallace University men's tennis team defeated host Oberlin College, 6-3, today (Saturday, February 9, 2013) inside the Heisman Field House.
With its victory, the Yellow Jackets improve to 3-0 in dual matches prior to playing its second match of the day against Penn State (Pa.) Behrend tonight at the North Ridge Racquet Club in North Ridgeville at 6:00 p.m.
BW was lead by, senior No.1 player Joe Horvath (North Royalton) who won the first singles match, 6-3, 6-3. In addition to Horvath, sophomore Kyle Patterson (Wooster/Triway) in the second singles match, 6-0, 6-0. In the third singles match freshman Peter Harris (Akron/Revere) won , 7-5, 6-1. Freshman Doug Ganim (Olentangy/Orange) won the fifth singles match, 7-6, 7-2, 6-4, and in the sixth singles match junior Brad Minrovic (Akron/Ellet) won, 6-0, 6-0.
In doubles action, seniors Horvath and Alexander Kerney (North Olmstead) won in the third doubles match, 8-3.
Following its match tonight versus PSU-Behrend, the Yellow Jacket men are back in action on Saturday, Feb. 23 when they host Fransiscan University at 2:30 p.m. and NCAA Division II Lake Erie College at 7:00 p.m. at the North Ridge site. BW will end their 2013 winter indoor schedule on Saturday, March 2 when they travel to Defiance, Ohio to play St. Francis (Ind.) University at Defiance College at 10:00 a.m. and then play host Defiance at 2:00 p.m.
The Yellow Jackets then travel to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina from March 10-15 on its annual Spring Break Trip where they will play six matches.
A year ago, the BW men posted a set a school-record with 29 victories, posted a 29-1 record, won both the OAC regular season title (9-0 record) and the OAC Tournament title and advanced to its first-ever NCAA Division III National Tournament where they won its first-ever NCAA tourney match.
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