College Roundup

WINONA LAKE - The Grace College men's tennis team lost a battle of teams without a loss in conference play Wednesday, dropping a 9-0 decision to defending Mid-Central Conference champion Indiana Wesleyan. The Wildcats entered the contest 3-0 in MCC play, while the Lancers were 2-0.

Grace played particularly well in doubles action, losing three hard-fought matches. The closest was at No. 2 doubles where Brandon Conley and Matt Blevins lost 8-6. Landon Reifsnider and Dan Benyousky lost the No. 1 doubles match 8-4 and Zac McGowen and Drew McIntire lost at No. 3 doubles 8-3.

In singles action, Indiana Wesleyan won all six matches in straight sets. The best match came at No. 3 singles where Conley lost 6-2, 7-6 after holding a 5-0 second set lead.

Grace (3-1, 2-1 MCC) will play at Taylor Saturday at 10 a.m. in another conference match.

INDIANA WESLEYAN 9, GRACE 0

Singles

No. 1 - Michal Stanczyk (IWU) def. Landon Reifsnider 6-1, 6-0

No. 2 - Brock Newton (IWU) def. Dan Benyousky 6-2, 6-2

No. 3 - Phil Jackson (IWU) def. Brandon Conley 6-2, 7-6

No. 4 - Joel Dielman (IWU) def. Matt Blevins 6-1, 6-1

No. 5 - Gabe Tudor (IWU) def. Zac McGowen 6-2, 6-3

No. 6 - Luke Wright (IWU) def. Drew McIntire 6-2, 6-0

Doubles

No. 1 - Newton/Luke Helm (IWU) def. Reifsnider/Benyousky 8-4

No. 2 - Stanczyk/Wright (IWU) def. Conley/Blevins 8-6

No. 3 - Tudor/Jackson (IWU) def. McGowen/McIntire 8-3