SPRING ARBOR, Mich. – The Calvin University men's tennis team lost a pair of matches at a triangular hosted by Spring Arbor University on Saturday.
Calvin (0-2) lost to Spring Arbor (4-1) by a 4-1 final before falling to Ashland (2-4) by a final score of 5-1.
Match 1
The Knights opened the morning with a 4-1 defeat at Spring Arbor.
The Cougars took the doubles point thanks to a sweep of the three contests by the scores of 6-1, 6-4 and 6-4.
In singles,
Felipe Sartori (Estr. Basileia/Colegio Giusto Zonzini) scored the lone point for the Knights with a 6-4, 6-3 win in number-two singles. The Cougars won the other three finished singles matches by the final scores of 7-6 (7-3), 6-1 in one-singles, 6-0, 6-3 in two-singles, and 6-1, 6-0 in three-singles.
Match 2
Calvin played a neutral site match against Ashland to close the day, with Ashland winning the match 5-1.
The Eagles swept the doubles matches, winning by the scores of 6-3, 6-0 and 6-0 to take a 1-0 overall lead.
Sartori once again accounted for the Calvin point, winning his number-two match by retirement after taking the first set 6-1 and leading the second set 2-0.
Ashland was able to secure the victory by winning four matches in the 3-6 spots in the line-up, while the number-one match was unfinished.
NEXT UP: The triangular marks the end of the fall portion of the Calvin schedule. The Knights will return to action on 2027 for the spring and MIAA season.
