JACKSON, Miss. – The Spring Hill College men's tennis team won a rare doubleheader on Saturday afternoon taking both sides in a twin bill with Tougaloo College. The Badgers won the first match 7-2 and then won a match re-scheduled from a previous rain-out in Mobile by the score of 8-1.
Tougaloo as home team: SHC wins 7-2
Doubles:
1. DeFraites/Cotton (SHC) def. Creese/Walker (TC); 8-2
2. Amanor/Schwartzberg (SHC) def. Gladney/Pomerlee (TC); 8-2
3. J. Lyons/Ames (SHC) def. Perkins/S. Lyons (TC); 8-2
Singles:
1. Myles Creese (TC) def. Haden Cotton (SHC); 4-6, 6-2 (11-9)
2. Jonathan Ames (SHC) def. Douglas Walker (TC); 3-6, 6-1 (11-9)
3. Jake Lyons (SHC) def. Julius Gladney (TC): 6-1, 6-0
4. Stonie Lyons (TC) def. Wil Amanor (SHC); 6-3; 1-0 (Retired)
5. Meyer Schwartzberg (SHC) def. Jared Downs (TC); 6-0, 6-0
6. Burke DeFraites (SHC) def. Jimmy Pomerlee (TC); 6-0, 6-1
Spring Hill College as home team (Rain make-up): SHC wins 8-1
Doubles:
1. Neu/Lyons (SHC) def. Creese/Walker (TC); 8-3
2. DeFraites Cotton (SHC) def. Gladney/Pomerlee (TC); 8-0
3. Ames/Amanor (SHC) def. Perkins/S. Lyons (TC); 8-0
Singles:
1. Myles Creese (TC) def. Meyer Schwartzberg (SHC); 6-3, 6-3
2. Burke DeFraites (SHC) def. Douglas Walker (TC); 6-4, 6-4
3. Jacob Neu (SHC) def. Julius Gladney (TC): 6-0, 6-0
4. Haden Cotton (SHC) def. Stonie Lyons; 6-1; 6-1
5. Jake Lyons (SHC) def. Jared Downs (TC); 6-1, 6-1
6. Jonathan Ames (SHC) def. Jimmy Pomerlee (TC); 6-1, 6-1
Spring Hill (5-3, 1-1 SSAC West) will next play at the University of Mobile in a conference match on Tuesday at 4 p.m. on the UM Courts.