Holden Owens
Morgan Vogels, Sports Information Director
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St. Mary's (MD) SMC (6-2)
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Winner Millikin MILLIKIN (9-3)
St. Mary's (MD) SMC
(6-2)
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Final
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Millikin MILLIKIN
(9-3)
Winner

Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | Morgan Vogels

Big Blue Men's Tennis Flies Past Seahawks in Hilton Head

The Millikin men's tennis team hit the courts in Hilton Head Island, SC for their second match of spring break on Thursday, March 17. The Big Blue matched up with the Seahawks of St. Mary's College of Maryland and picked up an 8-1 win.

In doubles play, Holden Owens and Clayton Maack were responsible for the first Big Blue victory, taking down Sam Sheats and Tyler VanValkenburg at No. 2 by an 8-1 margin. Cory Erickson and James Broach were defeated at No. 3 by Liam Pratt and Keawe Shepherd Johnson, 2-8. The Big Blue took the final doubles victory in the No. 1 doubles match with Cole Phillips and Theodor Wolf victorious over Stephen Alam and Kier Nacua 8-4.

On the singles side, Phillips was the victor at No. 4 with 6-1, 6-0 victories over VanValkenburg. Wolf notched the next win at No. 2 with a 6-2, 6-0 defeat of Nacua. Owens picked up a win over Sheats with twin 6-2 set wins at No. 3. Maack took down Alam at No. 1 in 6-3, 6-4 sets. Justin Caldwell took the court at No. 6 and defeated Shepherd Johnson 6-1, 6-0. The final victory was secured by Erickson at No. 5 with a defeat of Pratt. Erickson took the first set 6-2 before falling in a 4-6 second set. In the final tiebreaking set, Erickson won 12-10. 

With the win, men's tennis improved to 9-3 on the season. Millikin men's tennis will be back in action on Friday, March 18 for two matchups. In the morning, the Big Blue will face Washington College (MD) before taking on Western New England University in the afternoon.
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