GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Grove City College men's tennis team concluded its regular season home schedule Friday afternoon by dropping an 8-1 decision to visiting Allegheny in Presidents' Athletic Conference play at Walters-Zbell Courts.
Grove City (11-5, 6-1 PAC) broke through at second doubles as juniors
Gavin Miller (Clayton, N.C./Corinth Holders) and
Jameson Sposato (Frewsburg, N.Y./Frewsburg Central) combined for an 8-5 victory. Allegheny (14-4, 8-0) won the six singles matches to secure the team victory.
Grove City will visit Franciscan (5-2 PAC) in conference action Saturday at 1 p.m. A win will give Grove City the No. 2 seed and a quarterfinal bye in next week's six-team conference tournament. Allegheny clinched the tournament's top seed with Friday's win.
Allegheny at Grove City
Singles
1. Anton Hedlund (ALL) def.
Ryne Talko (GRO) 6-0, 6-2
2. Ethan Carr (ALL) def.
Benjamin Jones (GRO) 4-6, 6-0, 1-0 (10-3)
3. Adam Shinomiya (ALL) def.
Gavin Miller (GRO) 6-2, 6-2
4. David Rodriguez (ALL) def.
Jameson Sposato (GRO) 6-1, 7-5
5. Will Jarvie (ALL) def.
Collier Kaufman (GRO) 6-3, 7-6 (7-3)
6. Evan Nelson (ALL) def.
Isaac DeMan (GRO) 6-4, 4-6, 1-0 (11-9)
Doubles
1. Anton Hedlund/Ethan Carr (ALL) def.
Ryne Talko/
Josiah Newton (GRO) 8-4
2.
Jameson Sposato/
Gavin Miller (GRO) def. David Rodriguez/Will Jarvie (ALL) 8-5
3. Adam Shinomiya/Evan Nelson (ALL) def.
Benjamin Jones/
Adam Scharnagl (GRO) 8-3
