Baldwin Wallace Nips Men's Tennis

The Baldwin Wallace men’s tennis team edged Penn State Behrend 5-4 in the spring-season opener on Saturday afternoon.

Team Stats

Penn State Behrend

Baldwin Wallace

Score

Doubles

Jake Elbin / Trey Kernan (BW-M)
def. Ricky Dong / Mitchell May (BEHM)

8-5

Grant Smith / Michael Benotti (BW-M)
def. Michael Duckett / Noah Colvin (BEHM)

8-1

Mason Harbaugh / Jimmy Lobdell (BEHM)
def. Anthony Tosatto / Edwin Schartman (BW-M)

8-6

Singles

Ricky Dong (BEHM)
def. Jake Elbin (BW-M)

7-6 (7-4) , 7-5

Grant Smith (BW-M)
def. Michael Duckett (BEHM)

6-2 , 6-0

Trey Kernan (BW-M)
def. Noah Colvin (BEHM)

6-1 , 6-1

Michael Benotti (BW-M)
def. Mason Harbaugh (BEHM)

6-2 , 6-3

Mitchell May (BEHM)
def. Anthony Tosatto (BW-M)

6-4 , 6-0

Belden Tuttle (BEHM)
def. Edwin Schartman (BW-M)

6-1 , 6-0

February 15, 2020

NORTH RIDGE, Pa. – The Baldwin Wallace men's tennis team edged Penn State Behrend 5-4 in the spring-season opener on Saturday afternoon.

Score: Baldwin Wallace 5, Penn State Behrend 4
Records: Penn State Behrend (5-3), Baldwin Wallace (1-0)

Key Moments:

* The Yellow Jackets had a 2-1 lead after the doubles matches
* Mason Harbaugh (Greensburg, PA/Hempfield) and Jimmy Lobdell (Warren, PA/Warren) earned the doubles win for the Lions at the No. 3 spot
* Harbaugh and Lobdell tallied an 8-6 win over Anthony Tosatto and Edwin Schartman
* Ricky Dong (Beijing, China/Keystone Academy) earned his sixth singles win with a tie-breaker first set at No. 1 singles
* Dong posted a 7-6 (7-4), 7-5 win over Jake Elbin
* Baldwin Wallace went on to win at No. 2, 3, and 4 singles
* Mitchell May (Erie, PA/Harbor Creek) and Belden Tuttle (Fairview, PA/Fairview) closed out the scoring at No. 5 and 6 singles, respectively
* Tuttle gave up one game point in the first set to register a 6-1, 6-0 win against Schartman

Next Up:

* Behrend returns to action on Friday against non-conference Waynesburg. Match begins at 6 p.m.