No. 19 Men’s Tennis Opens WHAC Play with Sweep of Cornerstone

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No. 19 Men’s Tennis Opens WHAC Play with Sweep of Cornerstone

4/8/2014 9:59:00 PM

By: Aaron Sagraves | @aaronsagraves26

Box Score

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – In a week that will see them play four matches, all against conference foes, the No. 19 ranked men's tennis team got it off to a fast start with a 9-0 sweep of cross-town foe Cornerstone University. The win is the second of the year over the Golden Eagles and gets the Panthers off to a 1-0 start in the WHAC. DU will take on No. 9 Aquinas on Tuesday at Riverview Athletic Club at 6 p.m.

The men's tennis team got off to a fast start to a busy week as the Panthers posted nine wins to make it a sweep of their cross-town rivals from Cornerstone. DU won the three doubles matches while dropping only eight games and then did not need a third set in any of the six singles matches to post the 9-0 win.

Singles competition

1. Jordan Parker (DUMT) def. Elijah Yi (CSMT) 6-3, 6-3

2. Sam Rogerson (DUMT) def. Austin Hunt (CSMT) 6-1, 6-3

3. JP van Antwerpen (DUMT) def. Santiago Mackrey (CSMT) 6-1, 7-6 (7-4)

4. Christian Woods (DUMT) def. Andrew Son (CSMT) 6-0, 6-0

5. Zac Chambers (DUMT) def. John Andrew (CSMT) 6-2, 7-5

6. Tyler Chambers (DUMT) def. Alex Tarnow (CSMT) 6-3, 6-2

Doubles competition

1. Matheus Carvalho/Jordan Parker (DUMT) def. Elijah Yi/Austin Hunt (CSMT) 8-2

2. Sam Rogerson/JP van Antwerpen (DUMT) def. Andrew Son/Santiago Mackrey (CSMT) 8-3

3. Tyler Chambers/Zac Chambers (DUMT) def. Brad Miedema/Alex Tarnow (CSMT) 8-3

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