BEREA, OHIO -- The second-seeded Baldwin-Wallace College men’s tennis team defeated Ohio Athletic Conference rival and seventh-seeded Otterbein College, 5-0, today (Wednesday, April 23, 2008) at the “Pop” Collins Tennis Complex in Berea in an OAC Tournament Quarterfinal match.
With its win, B-W advances to the OAC semifinals where it will face arch-rival and third-seeded Mount Union College on Friday, April 25 at 9:00 a.m. at the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio. Top-seeded Ohio Northern University plays fourth-seeded John Carroll University in the other semifinal. The winners meet in the OAC Championship match on Saturday, April 26 at 10:00 a.m. in Mason.
With its victory, B-W improved to 19-4 overall and has won 14 of its last 15 matches, including a 6-3 win versus Mt. Union on April 5 in Alliance. With its loss, Wilmington is 7-8 overall and 3-6 in the OAC.
In doubles play, the No.1 duo of senior James Daly (Akron/ Firestone) and junior No.4 singles player Andy Redd (Archold), the No.2 duo of freshman No.2 player Tyler Adams (Wheelersburg) and freshman No.5 player Matt Lachman (Cleveland Heights/ Lakewood St. Edward) and the No.3 tandem of junior No.3 player Jim Kucera (Mentor) and junior Josh Long (Ashland/ Senior) all won. For his career, Daly won his school, OAC and Ohio collegiate-record 89th career match and is now 89-15 for his career.
In singles play, Daly, the 2007 OAC Player of the Year, and freshman No.6 player Sam Burris (Wooster/ Senior) both won. For Daly, the victory was the B-W, OAC and Ohio collegiate-record 103rd of his career in singles. He defeated Otterbein’s A. Tyler Stephen by the scores of 6-1 and 6-0 to improve to 26-3 this season and 103-10 in his career. In addition, Burris is 21-5 overall.
The winner of the OAC Tournament receives the OAC’s automatic berth to next week’s NCAA Division III National Tournament.
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.
Final Men’s Tennis Aggate Results:
Final Score: Baldwin-Wallace -- 5, Otterbein -- 0
SINGLES MATCHES: No.1: James Daly (B-W) defeated A. Tyler Stephen (OC), 6-1, 6-1; No.2: Tyler Adams (B-W) versus David Powers (OC), 6-2, 3-2, unfinished; No.3: Jim Kucera (B-W) versus Ryan Catanese (OC), 5-5, unfinished; No.4: Andy Redd (B-W) versus Tyler Brodhead (OC), 3-6, 1-0, unfinished; No.5: Matt Lachman (B-W) def. Jason Wagner (OC), 6-1, 4-2, unfinished; No.6: Sam Burris (B-W) def. Jonathan Smith (OC), 6-2, 6-1.
DOUBLES MATCHES: No.1: Daly-Redd (B-W) def. Stephen-Powers (OC), 8-2; No.2: Adams-Lachman (B-W) def. Catanese-Brodhead (OC), 8-6; No.3: Kucera-Josh Long (B-W) def. Wagner-Smith (OC), 8-0.
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