HILTON HEAD ISLAND, South Carolina — The Marietta College men's tennis team lost to Arcadia University, 6-3, Sunday (Mar. 11) afternoon at the Spring TennisFest. The loss drops Marietta to 1-3 on the season, while Arcadia improves to 3-1 overall.
Arcadia picked up wins at the top two singles positions. At No. 1, Nick Simeone and Jaime Zeng Zhu defeated
Jack Hirschfield (Marietta, Ohio/Marietta) and
Shane Spencer (Vermilion, Ohio/Vermilion) by the score of 8-1. AU's team of Drake Hanak and John Zinzer downed
Bryce Emerick (Hyndman, Pa./HOPE for Hyndman Charter) and
Will Watson (Parkersburg, W.Va./Parkersburg) at No. 2, 8-4.
The Pioneers made it 2-1 heading into the singles matches with an 8-4 win at No. 3 doubles.
Brandon DeCicco (Mineral Wells, W.Va./Parkersburg) and
Alex Hogan (Marietta, Ohio/Marietta) beat Alex Post and Tim Zeng.
Marietta's other team points came at Nos. 2 and 6 singles. Hirschfield topped Hanak at No. 2, 4-6, 6-4 and 1-0 (10-4). Hogan blanked Zeng at No. 6, 6-0 and 6-0.
Simeone was a 7-5, 6-0 winner over Spencer in the top spot. At No. 3, Zeng Zhu beat Watson, 7-5 and 6-4. Zinzer took the No. 4 match from Emerick, 6-0 and 6-2, while Post downed DeCicco at No. 5, 6-3 and 6-3.
Marietta plays Webster University on Monday (mar. 12) at 10 a.m.
Fans can follow all the Pioneer teams all year long at
pioneers.marietta.edu. You can also follow the Pioneers on Facebook at
facebook.com/MariettaCollege and @MariettaPioneer on Twitter and Instagram.
