HOUGHTON, N.Y.- The Allegheny College men's tennis team picked up an 8-1 win over Houghton College Saturday (Feb. 9) in the opening game of their 2019 spring schedule.
 
The Gators got off to a quick 3-0 lead after sweeping doubles.  Colton Johnson Taylor and Matt Andrus picked up an 832 win at first doubles against Louis-Guillaume Garcia and Jacob Fisler 8-2.  Wonjoon Cho and Mackenzie Knowlton followed with an 8-2 victory over Zachary Shilvock and Dylan Scherer at second doubles.  Zach Anderson and Cooper Miller swept the third doubles flight, 8-0

Cho picked up the fourth win for the Gators at second singles, defeating Shilvock by a score of 6-2, 6-1. 
 
Andrus clinched the match for the Gators with a win at third singles against Fisler.  After dropping the opening set 6-3, Andrus trailed 3-0 in the second set.  However, Andrus bounced back to win the second set 6-4 to force a super tiebreaker.  The tiebreaker was close, but Andrus managed to break Fisler and take it 13-11.
 
At fourth singles, Miller collected a 6-2, 6-1 win over Scherer.  At sixth singles, Anderson matched his sweep of doubles by defeating Matthew Cicero 6-0 6-0.
 
Knowlton and Ethan Yung went to three sets at fifth singles.  Yung won the opening set 6-4, before Knowlton bounced back with a 6-3 win in the second.  In the tiebreaker, Knowlton was able to break to win the match 10-8. 
 
The Gators are back in action on Feb. 22 as they face Division-II foe Mercyhurst University.

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