INDIANAPOLIS, IND. – Rose-Hulman Institute of
Technology improved to 7-7 on the season and finished the Heartland
Collegiate Athletic Conference regular season with a 5-3 mark
after defeating Defiance College 7-2 at the West Indy Racquet
Club on Saturday.
Four Engineers earned victories in both singles
and doubles play. Senior Joe Rottman (Evansville/Castle)
earned a No. 1 singles win, and joined No. 5 singles winner
Michael Schoumacher (Memphis, Tenn.) in doubles play.
Seniors Steve
Shepson (Redlands, Calif.) added wins at No. 3 singles and
No. 2 doubles, while freshman Scott
Grubbs (Wildwood, Mo.) earned victories at No. 4 singles and
No. 3 doubles.
Rose-Hulman returns to action on Sunday at noon,
with a match against Indiana Tech at Lawrence Central High
School in Indianapolis.
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS:
ROSE-HULMAN 7,
DEFIANCE 2
SINGLES
1 - Joe Rottman (R) def. Tim Kurtz 6-2,
6-1
2 - Tyler Ault (D) def. Daniel LaPlante 6-0, 6-4
3 - Steven Shepson (R) def. Ashton Converse 6-0,
7-6 (3)
4 - Scott Grubbs (R) def. Cody Nash 6-0, 6-2
5 - Michael Schoumacher (R) def. Nate
Schwartzbeck 6-1, 6-0
6 - Mike Mack (D) def. Peter Wenzel 6-2, 6-2
Exhibition - Matt Rusin (R) def. Aaron Cottos 8-0
DOUBLES
1 - Rottman/Schoumacher (R) def. Nash/Ault 8-3
2 - Shepson/LaPlante (R) def. Converse/Kurtz 8-6
3 - Rusin/Grubbs (R) def. Mike Mack/Nate
Schwartzbeck 8-2
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