BEREA, OHIO -- The Baldwin-Wallace College men’s tennis team defeated Ohio Athletic Conference rival Heidelberg College, 9-0, today (Tuesday, April 15, 2008) in an OAC match in Tiffin.  Highlighting the match was Yellow Jacket senior number one singles player James Daly (Akron/ Firestone) winning his 100th career singles match.

 

The win was B-W’s 12th straight and the Yellow Jackets have not lost a dual match since February 24.  The victory improved B-W to 17-3 overall and a perfect 7-0 in the OAC and setup a first place showdown with OAC rival Ohio Northern University in Berea tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. at the “Pop” Collins Courts in Berea. Heidelberg dropped to 6-8 overall and 2-5 in the OAC.

 

In singles play, Daly, the 2007 OAC Player of the Year, freshman No.2 player Tyler Adams (Wheelersburg), junior No. 3 Jim Kucera (Mentor), sophomore No.4 player Andy Redd (Archbold), freshman No.5 player Matt Lachman (Cleveland Heights/ St. Edward) and freshman No.6 player Sam Burris (Wooster/ Senior) all won in straight sets.

 

Individually, Daly, the winningest tennis player in school and OAC men’s and women’s tennis history, won his 100th career match with a 6-3 and 7-5 victory versus Heidelberg’s Maxwell Norris. For the season, Daly improved to 23-3 and 100-10 in his career. In addition, with their wins, Adams improved to 19-6 overall, Kucera and Redd each to 14-8, Lachman to 16-5 and Burris to 18-5 overall.

 

In doubles play, the No.1 duo of Daly and Kucera, the No.2 tandem of Adams and Lachman and the No.3 tandem of Redd and junior Zach Long (Ashland/ Senior) all won and gave B-W a 3-0 lead entering singles play.

 

In winning at No.1 doubles, Daly, also the winningest men’s player in school and OAC history in doubles matches, captured his 87th triumph. This season, he and Kucera are now 20-3 overall and for his career, Daly is 87-14. In addition to the No.1 duo, Adams and Lachman are 18-3 at No.2 and Redd and Long are 13-7 overall.

 

B-W ends both the week and regular season with an OAC match at Wilmington College next Saturday, April 19 at 1:00 p.m. The 2008 OAC Tournament begins next Wednesday, April 23 when B-W hosts a quarterfinal match at 3:30 p.m. in Berea.

 

FOR MORE INFORMATION, please contact B-W Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple by telephone at 440-826-2327, by FAX machine at 440-826-2329 or via e-mail at kruple@bw.edu. To contact Head Coach Brian Rector, please call 440-826-2184 or e-mail at brector@bw.edu. You can get all of the latest B-W athletics information by visiting our Web site at www.bw.edu/athletics.

 

 

 

SINGLES MATCHES:  No.1: James Daly (B-W) defeated Maxwell Norris (H), 6-3, 7-5; No.2: Tyler Adams (B-W) def. Moody Al-Turk (H), 6-0, 6-1; No.3: Jim Kucera (B-W) def. Jacob Craig (H), 6-1, 6-2; No.4: Andy Redd (B-W) def. Bradley Cerveney (H), 6-1, 6-2; No.5: Matt Lachman (B-W) def. Dylan Booth (H), 6-1, 6-0; No.6: Sam Burris (B-W) def. Miles Yetter (H), 6-3, 6-1.

 

DOUBLES MATCHES:  No.1: Daly-Kucera (B-W) def. Norris-Al-Turk (H), 8-5; No.2:  Adams-Lachman (B-W) def. Craig-Booth (H), 8-0; No.3:  Redd-Long (B-W) def. Yetter-Ryan Michel (H), 8-3.