ELIZABETHTOWN COLLEGE MEN'S TENNIS
Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Messiah Downs Elizabethtown 6-1 in Commonwealth Conference Match

GRANTHAM, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College saw its four-match winning streak snapped and fell to 4-6 overall and 1-1 in the Commonwealth Conference with a 6-1 conference road loss to Messiah College Tuesday. Messiah improved to 5-2 overall and 1-0 in the conference with the win.

Two of the singles matches were unfinished as darkness fell. In one of them, at number one singles, Elizabethtown’s Maarten Albers (Oisterwijk, The Netherlands/Theresialyceum) led the match tiebreaker 7-5 when it was halted.

The Blue Jays’ lone point of the day came at number three singles, where Brok Walker (Red Lion, PA/Red Lion) won a 7-5, 6-1 decision.

Elizabethtown will return to action at home Thursday, March 29 in a 4:00 p.m. non-conference match at home against Alvernia College.

at Grantham, Pa.
Messiah College 6, Elizabethtown College 1
Singles competition
1. Jonathan Stanley (MESS) vs. Maarten Albers (ETOWN) 5-7, 6-4, unfinished
2. Nathan Ipsen (MESS) vs. Ryan Knarr (ETOWN) 6-2, unfinished
3. Brok Walker (ETOWN) def. Jonathan Siemen (MESS) 7-5, 6-1
4. Samuel Shorts (MESS) def. Andrew Voshell (ETOWN) 6-2, 6-2
5. Jason Nolt (MESS) def. Bastiaan Dessing (ETOWN) 6-0, 6-4
6. William Tanis (MESS) def. Zach Atkinson (ETOWN) 6-2, 6-0
Doubles competition
1. Jonathan Stanley/Nathan Ipsen (MESS) def. Maarten Albers/Andrew Voshell (ETOWN) 8-3
2. William Tanis/Jonathan Siemen (MESS) def. Ryan Knarr/Brok Walker (ETOWN) 8-3
3. Samuel Shorts/Jason Nolt (MESS) def. Zach Atkinson/James Dombach (ETOWN) 8-3