Knights News
02.28.2010 - [Men's Tennis]
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Head coach Kris Looney and the Knights opened the spring season on Saturday.
Head coach Kris Looney and the Knights opened the spring season on Saturday.
 
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. - The Marian University men's tennis team suffered a sweep Saturday afternoon at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Ind.
 
The Knights fell to Wabash College, 9-0, before dropping their second match 7-2 to Illinois Wesleyan. MU is now 6-8 on the season.
 
The lone victors on the day for the Knights were senior Jeff Graf (Sunman, Ind./East Central) in singles action, and sophomores Matt Hostetler (Shipshewana, Ind./Westview) and Austin Hall (Indianapolis, Ind./Lutheran) in doubles action.
 
Graf earned his victory in the Illinois Wesleyan match. He earned a pro-set victory at No. 5 singles, 8-3, after IWU had claimed the victory. Hall and Hostetler were victorious at No. 3 doubles, 9-8 (4), to earn the only two wins on the afternoon.
 
The Knights play host to Aquinas College on Friday, March 19 at the Marian University Tennis Courts. The match is slated for a 3:30 p.m. first serve.