OAKLAND CITY, IND. – Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology dropped a narrow 5-4 men's tennis decision to Oakland City University in men's tennis action on Sunday.

Freshman Seth Hendrickson (Crawfordsville) paced the Engineer effort with victories at the No. 3 doubles and No. 5 singles positions.  Sophomore Matt Rusin (Dublin, Ohio) pitched in with a victory at the No. 6 singles slot.

In doubles play, the tandem of freshman David Beccera (Brownsburg) and Ryan Taylor (Franklin) claimed a No. 2 victory, while Hendrickson teamed with freshman Brent Frizzell (Avon) to win at the No. 3 slot.

Rose-Hulman stands 1-3 on the season and returns to action with its Spring Trip to Florida on Apr. 1.

OAKLAND CITY 5, ROSE-HULMAN 4

SINGLES
1 - Hazel Jergens (O) def. Michael Schoumacher 6-3, 6-3
2 - Augusto Castro (O) def. Alex Gumz 6-0, 6-0
3 - Danko Aguirre (O) def. David Beccera 6-0, 6-1
4 - Ernesto Beccera (O) def. Scott Grubbs 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
5 - Seth Hendrickson (R) def. Matt Brown 6-2, 6-0
6 - Matt Rusin (R) def. Josh Davis 6-3, 6-0

DOUBLES
1 - Jergens/Castro (O) def. Schoumacher/Grubbs 8-3
2 - Beccera/Ryan Taylor (R) def. Aguirre/Beccera 8-6
3 - Hendrickson/Brent Frizzell (R) def. Josh Davis/Matt Brown 8-3

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