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Baldwin-Wallace Men’s Tennis Team Defeats Penn State Behrend, 9-0, in Winter/ Spring Season Opener

BEREA, OHIO -- The Baldwin-Wallace College men’s tennis team opened its winter/ spring season today (Saturday, February 9, 2008) with a 9-0 victory against visiting Penn State Behrend College at the Paramount Tennis Club in Medina, Ohio. The Yellow Jackets will play a nightcap match tonight against Malone College at the North Ridge Racquet Club in North Ridgeville.
 
For the Yellow Jackets in singles play. senior number one player James Daly (Akron/ Firestone), freshman No.2 player Tyler Adams (Wheelersburg), junior No.3 player Jim Kucera (Mentor), junior No.4 player Andy Redd (Archbold), freshman No.5 player Matt Lachman (Cleveland Heights/ Lakewood St. Edward) and freshman No.6 player Sam Burris (Wooster/ Senior) all won in straight sets. For Daly, his victory was the school-record 82nd of his career.
 
In doubles play, the No.1 duo of Daly and Kucera, the No.2 tandem of Adams and Lachman and the No.3 duo of Redd and junior Zach Long (Ashland/ Senior) each won easily.
 
Following its match tonight against Malone, the Yellow Jacket men will be idle until next Saturday, Feb. 16 when they host cross-town rival Case Western Reserve University at Paramount at 1:00 p.m. and then play a nightcap match against Notre Dame College at 6:30 at North Ridge.
 
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 440-826-3819 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 -- 9, Penn State Behrend (Pa.) -- 0
 
SINGLES MATCHES:  No.1:  Daly (B-W) defeated Boyea (PSB), 6-0, 6-0; No.2: Adams (B-W) def. Blackstone (PSB), 7-6 (10-8), 6-3; No.3: Kucera (B-W) def. Plamer (PSB), 6-1, 6-0; No.4: Redd (B-W) def. Anderson (PSB), 6-1, 6-4; No.5: Lachman (B-W) def. Daugherty (PSB), 6-1, 6-1; No.6: Burris (B-W) def. Nasirli (PSB), 6-2, 7-5.
 
DOUBLES MATCHES:  No.1:  Daly-Kucera (B-W) def. Boyea-Blackstone (PSB), 8-1; No.2:  Adams-Lachman (B-W) def. Palmer-Anderson (PSB), 8-3; No.3: Redd-Long (B-W) def. Nasirli-Getty (PSB), 8-3.