GETTYSBURG, Pa. – The Gettysburg College men's tennis team picked up its second win of the fall campaign with an 8-1 victory over visiting St. Mary's (Md.) College Saturday afternoon.
Gettysburg (2-0) swept through doubles play with senior
Jacob Meehan (Malvern, Pa./Great Valley) and sophomore
Harrison Brown (Annapolis, Md./Broadneck) setting the tone with an 8-1 win at No. 3. Senior
Nick D'Amore (Scotch Plains, N.J./Wardlaw-Hartridge) and junior
Mike Mills (Cape Elizabeth, Maine/Cape Elizabeth) teamed up for an 8-4 win at second doubles, while the senior tandem of
Andrew Corwin (Medford, N.J./Shawnee) and
Kevin Maier (Alpharetta, Ga./Milton) produced an 8-5 decision at No. 2.
St. Mary's (0-1) picked up its lone win at the top singles flight, but the Bullets swept the four contested matches in straight-sets. Sophomore
Tommy Gilio (New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan) pitched a shutout (6-0, 6-0) at the sixth flight and Mills dropped only two games in a 6-0, 6-2 win over Samuel Sheats at No. 3. Corwin won 6-3, 6-1 and Brown won 7-5, 6-3 at the fourth and fifth flights, respectively. Maier rounded out the win with a forfeit at No. 2.
Gettysburg hosts Bridgewater College on Monday at 4 p.m.
Gettysburg 8, St. Mary's (Md.) 1
Singles competition
1. Jon Gorel (SMC) def.
Nick D'Amore (GC) 6-1, 6-0
2.
Kevin Maier (GC) def. Ron Stith (SMC), by forfeit
3.
Mike Mills (GC) def. Samuel Sheats (SMC) 6-0, 6-2
4.
Andrew Corwin (GC) def. Jack Brandenburg (SMC) 6-3, 6-1
5.
Harrison Brown (GC) def. Jacob Bartholow (SMC) 7-5, 6-3
6.
Tommy Gilio (GC) def. Cooper Clark (SMC) 6-0, 6-0
Doubles competition
1.
Nick D'Amore/
Mike Mills (GC) def. Jon Gorel/Ron Stith (SMC) 8-4
2.
Andrew Corwin/
Kevin Maier (GC) def. Jack Brandenburg/Samuel Sheats (SMC) 8-5
3.
Harrison Brown/
Jacob Meehan (GC) def. Jacob Bartholow/Cooper Clark (SMC) 8-1
Match Notes:
St. Mary's (Md.) 0-1
Gettysburg 2-0
T-3:00 A-25