CARLISLE, Pa. – The Dickinson men's tennis team returned to team action on Friday afternoon welcoming the Gators of Allegheny College to the Hays Tennis Courts for a non-conference battle. Unfortunately, for the Red and White it would be the visitors that secured the 7-0 win to drop Dickinson to 1-2 on the campaign, while the Gators jumped to 5-0.

Doubles (Gators 3-0)
The match opened up with Olivier Erkens and David Rodriguez blanking Drew Allen and Sandro Buskhrikidze by a score of 6-0 at number two. Lucas Bogle and David Daraban became the first DC pair to claim a game dropping a 6-1 decision in the top spot to Levente Mihaly and Reid Stasolla. On the three line, Jack Weaver and Ryan Whiting grabbed two from the Adam Memije-Benedek Kaibas duo falling 6-2.

Singles (Gators 6-0)
Things started out with Memije posting a 6-3, 6-4 triumph against Daraban at the top flight. The next match to come to a head would be the third singles battle between Allen and Mihaly with the Gator winning by identical 6-3 margins. At four, Buskhrikidze slipped up in the first set 6-0 against Javier Bejarano, before forcing a second set tiebreaker at 6-6 which the visitor would win 7-5. The only match to require three sets was on the second line as Bogle and Rodriguez traded the first two frames 6-3, 6-7 (6-7) resulting in a super tiebreaker. That would be where AC continued their shutout as Rodriguez edged Bogle 11-9. Weaver was then toppled in the fifth flight 6-0, 6-0, while Ben Cioladis was bested 6-1, 6-0 at six to conclude the action.  

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Dickinson (1-2) will have some time until their next match as they return to action on Sunday, February 15th at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. First serve is slated for 1pm. Read Full Article