Tigers Open Spring Break Trip With Win Over Defiance
Tigers pick up wins in two of three doubles matches and five of six singles matches en route to win over Yellow Jackets.
HILTON HEAD, SC - The Wittenberg men's tennis team opened its annual Spring Break trip to Hilton Head, SC, with a convincing 7-2 victory over Buckeye state rival Defiance.
The win was Wittenberg's fourth of the 2013-14 campaign without a defeat. Defiance fell to 3-2.
The Tigers started off strong, winning two of the three doubles matches. Senior Tyler Strong (Louisville, Ky./duPont Manual) teamed with freshman Juan Mena (Quito, Ecuador/Colego Amrcano-Quito) to win at No. 1, while sophomore Stas Pakhomov (Richmond, British Columbia/Sir Winston Churchill) and freshman Akbar Tiwana (Lahore, Pakistan/Aitchison) were victorious at the second position.
In singles, Pakhomov and Mena were 6-0, 6-0 winners at the No. 1 and No. 2 positions, respectively. Strong pulled out a three-set win at No. 4, sophomore Mitchell Patterson (Cincinnati, Ohio/Moeller) added a win at No. 5 and freshman Sean Munson (Chicago, Ill./Roycemore) rounded things out with a win at No. 6.
The Spring Break trip continues with a pair of matches on Tuesday, March 11, against Penn St.-Behrend and Case Western.