Elizabethtown College Men's Tennis
Saturday, March 24, 2001

MORAVIAN DEFEATS ETOWN, 5-2, IN COMMONWEALTH OPENER

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- After a mid-match delay due to weather, Elizabethtown lost its MAC Commonwealth League opener against Moravian, 5-2, Saturday. Etown falls to 0-2 this season overall.

Etown started off the match by winning the doubles point, as Bill Miller (Oneonta, NY/Sun Valley, PA) and Brian Holton (Mohnton, PA/Governor Mifflin) won 8-3 at number one and Matt Lawless (Windber, PA/Windber) and Gurt Singh (Huntingdon Valley, PA/William Penn Charter School) captured number three, 9-7.

Moravian, however, won all but one singles match to pick up the victory. Bill Miller won a 5-7, 6-2, 6-4 match at number one singles for Etown.

The Blue Jays return to action Monday, March 26 on the road at Eastern. Match time is 3:30 p.m.

At Elizabethtown, Pa.
Moravian 5, Elizabethtown 2
Doubles (one team point):
1. Bill Miller and Brian Holton (E) d. David Kurvink and Jason Toedter (M), 8-3
2. Clay Smith and Todd Edwards (M) d. Sude Dhillon and Willem Huiskes (E), 8-3
3. Matt Lawless and Gurt Singh (E) d. Mike Helmuth and Fabio Erdos (M), 9-7
Singles:
1. Miller (E) d. Kurvink (M), 5-7, 6-2, 6-4
2. Toedter (M) d. Dhillon (E), 6-7 (3-7), 6-4, 6-4
3. Smith (M) d. Holton (E), 6-3, 6-1
4. Helmuth (M) d. Huiskes (E), 7-6, 6-3
5. Edwards (M) d. Lawless (E), 6-4, 6-2
6. Dan Gormon (M) d. Singh (E), 6-3, 6-3