Men's tennis defeats Montreat, loses to Tennessee Wesleyan

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On Tuesday afternoon, the Milligan men’s tennis team defeated Montreat College 7-2 to earned its second win of the season.

Doubles team freshmen Tom Jones and Ryan Reynolds won 8-3 and junior Patrick Mitchell and senior Adam Campbell won 8-2 over Montreat.

“We all played well and had strong matches and we came out and played well,” Mitchell said.

The Buffs won five of the six singles matches. Jones defeated Montreat’s Nate Kraak 6-2, 6-3, and Reynolds beat Andrew Bauman 6-0, 6-1. Campbell and sophomore Joe Dyer each defeated their opponents 6-2, 6-1. Mitchell came back with aggressive playing after losing his first set 4-6 to win the next two sets 6-0, 6-2.

“We are continuing to get better as the season unfolds,” said Mitchell.

Last weekend the men lost to Tennessee Wesleyan 9-0.

“We played another quality opponent,” said coach Rich Aubrey, “I don’t think we played as well as we did against King, but perhaps playing on the road had something to do with that.”

Senior Adam Campbell came the closest in his singles match as he scored 6-7 in the first game. However, no other singles players scored close to their opponents.

Still, Aubrey is optimistic in his hope for the team’s matches this week.

“We get another chance to play Wesleyan this coming weekend,” Aubrey said. “Hopefully, we can compete at a higher level on that occasion.”

The Milligan men now post a record of 2-5 overall and 2-3 in the AAC. The men and women play this Saturday at Liberty Bell against Tennessee Wesleyan. Match time is set for 11 a.m.