MAYFIELD, Ohio—The Allegheny College men's tennis team traveled to Mayfield, Ohio, just outside of Cleveland, for a pair of matches against #10 Case Western Reserve University and Earlham College.
In their first match of the day, the Gators fell to nationally 10
th-ranked (#4 in region) Case Western Reserve 8-1.
Jai Redkar picked up a win at first singles for the Gators against Sam Concannon. In set one, Redkar cruised to a 6-2 win. Concannon returned the favor in the second set, taking it 6-2 to force a third set super tiebreaker. The tiebreaker went back-and-forth but Redkar was able to pick up a break to pick up the win 11-9.
At second singles,
Colton Johnson Taylor won the opening set 6-4 against Adam Collins. Collins evened the match with a 6-2 win in the second, setting up the tiebreaker. In the tiebreaker, Collins utilized a break to take the match with a 10-7 win.
In their second match of the day, the Gators were unable to overcome Earlham College as they fell 8-1.
Each of the first and second doubles contest were close but the first doubles of Redkar and Johnson and the second doubles of
Cooper Miller and
Niall Kneerim were both defeated by the score of 8-6.
Johnson Taylor picked up the win at second singles for the Gators against Adarsh Singh. In the first set, Johnson Taylor converted a break opportunity en route to a 6-4 win. The second set belonged to Johnson Taylor as he cruised to a 6-1 win.
At third singles, Miller fell in a tight matchup against Vaja Tatravic. The first set went into a tiebreaker in which Tatravic won 7-1. Miller bounced back in the second set, using a break to take it 7-5 and force the third set tiebreaker. Like the rest of the match, the tiebreaker was evenly matched but a break by Tatravic gave him the set and the win, 11-9.
The Gators are back in action on March 20 in Hilton Head, S.C. to face Connecticut College.
