February 28, 2007

Bulldog Tennis has second tough day on spring trip
Towler and Baker get two first doubles wins

HILTON HEAD, S.C.—The Adrian College men’s and women’s tennis teams both lost a pair of matches on Wednesday in Hilton Head, South Carolina.

Both Bulldog teams fell to the Catholic University of America by a score of 8-1. Steve Kerwin and Danny Krsteski won 9-7 at second doubles on the men’s side, while Sandy Towler and Kristina Baker earned an 8-5 win at first singles for the women.

Kerwin and Ryan Schmidli each hung close in their singles matches against the Cardinals. Kerwin fell 3-6, 7-6 (16-14) in the three slot. Schmidli fell 2-6, 7-6 (11-9) at sixth singles.

Leann Brooks and Karen Kruisenga fell 8-3 at second doubles against Catholic.

In their second match of the day against Augustana, the men were defeated 9-0, while the women fell 6-3.

Towler and Baker again won at first doubles, this time by a 9-7 score. Ellen Kroll won 6-2, 6-1 at fifth singles and Baker was victorious 6-3, 6-4 in the second slot.

Schmidli had his second close match of day with a 4-6, 4-6 loss at men’s sixth singles.

The AC men were the only tennis squad in action on Thursday, although their match with York College was cut short due to rain in the Hilton Head area.

Schmedli was closing in on Shawn Holzmann of York in the sixth singles match. However, with the score 4-6, 4-5, that match was among the three that did not finish due to the weather.

The Bulldogs, after an 0-6 start to the year, will return home to face Defiance College on Tuesday at 4 p.m.