Men's Tennis Claims First OAC Victory Over Marietta

Senior Matt Harris

Baldwin Wallace

Marietta College

Doubles

Matt Harris / Dominic Polifrone (BW-M)
def. Jack Hirschfield / Shane Spencer (MAR-M)

8-2

Roger Boyer / Jake Elbin (BW-M)
def. Eric DeLong / Hanyang Zhang (MAR-M)

8-2

Michael Benotti / Ben Binion (BW-M)
def. Calen Garner / Will Watson (MAR-M)

8-0

Singles

Dominic Polifrone (BW-M)
def. Shane Spencer (MAR-M)

6-1, 6-0

Matt Harris (BW-M)
def. Jack Hirschfield (MAR-M)

6-2, 6-0

Jake Elbin (BW-M)
def. Eric DeLong (MAR-M)

6-3, 6-2

Michael Benotti (BW-M)
def. Will Watson (MAR-M)

6-0, 6-0

Roger Boyer (BW-M)
def. Hanyang Zhang (MAR-M)

6-3, 6-2

Miles Collins (BW-M)
def. Calen Garner (MAR-M)

6-0, 6-0

full stats

Posted: Apr 13, 2019

MASON, Ohio – The Baldwin Wallace University men's tennis team defeated Marietta College, 9-0 en route to their first Ohio Athletic Conference victory at the Lindner Family Tennis Center.

BW (13-3, 1-2 OAC) was led by senior three-time All-OAC and two-time Academic All-OAC Dominic Polifrone (Hudson) and senior two-time Academic All-OAC and All-OAC Matt Harris (Akron/Revere), as they won the first doubles match 8-2. Second doubles was secured by the duo of senior Academic All-OAC Roger Boyer (Medina/Brunswick) and junior Jake Elbin (Findlay), by a score of 8-2. Senior Ben Binion (Shelby) and sophomore Michael Benotti (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Mendon) won third doubles with a clean, 8-0 sweep.

In singles play, Polifrone defeated his opponent 6-1, 6-0 in the first match. Harris won second singles with scores of 6-2 and 6-0. Securing third singles was Elbin, and his line included 6-3 and 6-2, before Benotti won fourth singles with consecutive 6-0 scores. Boyer seized fifth singles with scores of 6-3 and 6-2. Freshman Miles Collins (Aliquippa/Hopwell) was the final BW victor as he grabbed the sixth singles with back-to-back 6-0 scores.

BW will be back on the Pop Collins Tennis Courts on Friday, April 19 for an OAC contest with Heidelberg University at 3:30 p.m.