Men's Tennis Wraps Up Spring Break with Victory Over Cornell (Iowa)

Cornell College

Baldwin Wallace

Doubles

Shoma Kishimoto / Hayden Dzurisin (CCM)
def. Jake Elbin / Trey Kernan (BW-M)

8-6

Grant Smith / Michael Benotti (BW-M)
def. Drew Arnold / Alejandro Colorado (CCM)

8-4

Nick Adamou / Koichi Okazaki (CCM)
def. Anthony Tosatto / Edwin Schartman (BW-M)

8-3

Singles

Jake Elbin (BW-M)
def. Shoma Kishimoto (CCM)

7-6 (7-4), 2-6, 1-0 (10-5)

Hayden Dzurisin (CCM)
def. Grant Smith (BW-M)

6-4, 6-1

Trey Kernan (BW-M)
def. Nick Adamou (CCM)

6-4, 6-3

Michael Benotti (BW-M)
def. Drew Arnold (CCM)

6-1, 6-2

Anthony Tosatto (BW-M)
def. Alejandro Colorado (CCM)

6-4, 7-5

Edwin Schartman (BW-M)
def. Koichi Okazaki (CCM)

6-3, 6-0

full stats

Posted: Mar 11, 2020

HILTON HEAD, S.C. – In the final match of the spring break trip, the Baldwin Wallace University men's tennis team beat Cornell (Iowa) College, 6-3 at the Palmetto Dunes Tennis Center.

BW (6-2) secured No. 2 doubles behind the tandem of freshman Grant Smith (Dayton/Centerville) and junior Michael Benotti (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Mendon) with an 8-4 score.

Senior two-time All-Ohio Athletic Conference and Academic All-OAC Jake Elbin (Findlay) took No. 1 singles in three sets. The senior took set one 7-6 before falling in set two, 6-2. Elbin won set three with a 10-5 score. Freshman Trey Kernan (Penfield, N.Y.) seized No. 3 singles with a 6-4 6-3 line and Benotti grabbed No. 4 singles with a 6-1, 6-2 final. Anthony Tosatto (Creston/Norwayne) won No. 5 singles after a 6-4, 7-5 victory. Sophomore Edwin Schartman (Westlake) wrapped up No. 6 singles with a 6-3 6-0 score line.

BW is back in action Wednesday, March, 18 for a non-conference contest against Defiance College at 3:30 p.m.