University of St. Thomas Athletics
Wooster
Men's Tennis tops Wooster, edged by Hope
3/18/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Freshmen Arya Vayghan and Andy Michels each won in singles and doubles, but the Tommie men opened their spring-break play in Hilton Head, S.C., with Monday's 5-4 loss to Hope (Mich.).
The Tommies came back Tuesday to top Wooster (Ohio) 6-3 and lost 6-3 to St. Lawrence. They will take a 4-5 overall record into the March 29 home dual vs. Concordia-Moorhead. the Toms are schedule to play five men's mathes in a seven-day span starting with the Cobber dual.
Freshman Arya Vayghan went undefeated at first singles with wins over three ranked players, including the No. 4-ranked Central Region player (Hope's John Pelton, 6-3, 6-2).
Hope 5, St. Thomas 4
Singles
--No. 1: Arya Vayghan ST def. John Pelton H, 6-3, 6-2
--No.2 John Gardner H def. Ben Herding ST, 6-3, 6-0
--No. 3: John Schlotz H def. Josh Tomashek ST, 6-3, 6-3
--No. 4: Zach Huber H def. Tyler Rice ST, 7-5, 6-1
--No. 5: Brandon King H def. Kevin Manzel ST, 6-3, 6-1
--No. 6: Andy Michels ST def. Brad Boelkins H, 6-3, 3-6, (10-7)
Doubles
--No. 1: Pelton/Gardner (Hope) def. Herding/Tomashek ST, 8-5
--No. 2: Vayghan/Rice ST def. Schlotz/Huber H, 8-6
--No. 3: Michels/Drew Carlson ST def. Jeff Vredenburg/Mike Gardner H, 8-4
