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HUNTINGTON - The Grace College men's tennis team cruised to an 8-1 victory Thursday over Huntington in the Mid-Central Conference opener for both teams.
The Lancers won two of three doubles matches and then swept all six singles matches for the victory. Landon Reifsnider, Dan Benyousky, Zac McGowen and Drew McIntire all won in both singles and doubles. Grace has now won all 12 singles matches it has played this year, dropping just one set in the process. The Lancers (2-0, 1-0 MCC) will be off until playing new Mid-Central Conference member Spring Arbor September 11 at 11 a.m. on the road.
GRACE 8, HUNTINGTON 1
Singles
No. 1 - Landon Reifsnider (Grace) def. Tyler Moore 6-4, 6-2
No. 2 - Dan Benyousky (Grace) def. Mitchell McDonald 7-6, 6-7, 7-6
No. 3 - Brandon Conley (Grace) def. Jason Stump 6-3, 6-0
No. 4 - Matt Blevins (Grace) def. Daron Short 7-5, 6-3
No. 5 - Zac McGowen (Grace) def. Brandon Curtis 6-1, 6-2
No. 6 - Drew McIntire (Grace) def. Brian Lambright 6-3, 6-3
Doubles
No. 1 - Reifsnider/Benyousky (Grace) def. Moore/Short 8-4
No. 2 - Lambright/McDonald (Huntington) def. Conley/Blevins 8-6
No. 3 - McGowen/McIntire (Grace) def. Curtis/Stump 8-6
Thursday in Huntington
The Grace College women's tennis team fought back from a 2-1 deficit during doubles play to defeat Huntington College 5-4 Thursday in the conference opener for both teams.Anna Metz and Sarah Peters continued strong play at No. 1 doubles, defeating Huntington's Ashley Counts and Stacy Plett 8-0 for their third consecutive win at that spot. In singles play, Grace got strong play from the bottom of its lineup to secure four singles points and the win.Grace improves to 1-1 on the season and moves to 1-0 in Mid-Central Conference play. The Lady Lancers will host St. Francis Tuesday at 3 p.m. trying to remain unbeaten in the conference.
GRACE 5, ST. FRANCIS 4
Singles
No. 1 - Anna Metz (Grace) def. Ashley Counts 6-3, 6-4
No. 2 - Stacy Plett (Huntington) def. Sarah Peters 6-3, 6-4
No. 3 - Kyleigh Gast (Huntington) def. Juli Linton 6-3, 4-6, 6-0
No. 4 - Kari Hueni (Grace) def. Jessica Deter 7-6 (7-4), 6-2
No. 5 - Brianne Beach (Grace) def. Dawn Lauer 6-2, 6-1
No. 6 - Amber Needles (Grace) def. Rachael Boersma 6-2, 6-2
Doubles
No. 1 - Metz/Peters (Grace) def. Counts/Plett 8-0
No. 2 - Gast/Deter (Huntington) def. Hueni/Linton 8-1
No. 3 - Lauer/Boersma (Huntington) def. Beach/Needles 8-2
