BLOOMINGTON, ILL. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of
Technology dropped a pair of matches to regionally ranked Augustana
and Illinois Wesleyan by 6-3 scores on Sunday.
Rose-Hulman won singles matches at the four, five and six positions against the regionally ranked Vikings. Sophomore Devon Fritz (Lakeside, Calif.), senior Seth Hendrickson (Crawfordsville) (pictured) and senior Dallas Burton (Haughton, La./Louisiana Math and Science) claimed the individual wins.
Illinois Wesleyan also topped the Engineers by a 6-3 score. Fritz and Hendrickson repeated the No. 4 and No. 5 singles wins, after Fritz and Burton claimed a No. 3 doubles victory.
Rose-Hulman stands 7-7 overall and has a 6-1 record in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference play. Rose-Hulman is now tied for first in the league standings with Earlham and Transylvania after this weekend's league results. The Engineers travel to Oakland City University on Tuesday.
AUGUSTANA 6, ROSE-HULMAN 3
SINGLES
1 - Adam DeSimone (A) def. Ben Paras 5-7, 6-2, 1-0 (8)
2 - Kyle Doyle (A) def. David Becerra 6-1, 6-4
3 - Nick Lehnert (A) def. Alex Gumz 6-2, 7-5
4 - Devon Fritz (R) def. Jack Cullen 6-3, 7-5
5 - Seth Hendrickson (R) def. Kevin Bayles 6-4, 6-2
6 - Dallas Burton (R) def. Grant Wick 7-6 (6), 6-1
DOUBLES
1 - DeSimone/Andy Wall (A) def. Paras/Gumz 9-7
2 - Doyle/Lehnert (A) def. Becerra/Hendrickson 8-2
3 - Austin Boyle/Colin Arnold (A) def. Fritz/Michael Weber 8-0
ILLINOIS WESLEYAN 6, ROSE-HULMAN 3
SINGLES
1 - Brian Piotrowski (I) def. Ben Paras (R) 6-2, 6-4
2 - Brian Sorich (I) def. David Becerra (R) 6-4, 7-5
3 - Nick Kenaga (I) def. Alez Gumz (R) 6-2, 6-0
4 - Devon Fritz (R) def. Ashvin Reddy (I) 6-4, 6-2
5 - Seth Hendrickson (R) def. Steven Hayman (I) 7-5, 6-0
6 - Aaron Guenther (I) def. Dallas Burton (R) 6-7 (6), 7-5,
1-0 (3)
DOUBLES
1 - Piotrowski/Sorich (I) def. Paras/Gumz (R) 8-2
2 - Kenga/Michael Christison (I) def. Becerra/Hendrickson (R)
8-6
3 - Fritz/Burton (R) def. Reddy/Guenther (I) 8-4