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Men's Tennis

Men's Tennis: Mount Union Defeats Otterbein in Conference Opener 7-2

ALLIANCE, Ohio - The Mount Union men's tennis team defeated Otterbein (6-5, 0-1 OAC) 7-2 in their Ohio Athletic Conference opener Monday evening.

The Purple Raiders (7-2, 1-0 OAC) won two out of three doubles matches in the pairings of Robert Cross (North Canton/Hoover) and Zach Teffner (Cortland/Lakeview), and Mark Beebe (Chardon/Notre Dame Cathedral Latin) and Justin Kelley (Uniontown/Lake) with scores of 8-5 and 8-3, respectively.

Mount Union also won all but one singles match, as Beebe and Kyle Hicken (Pittsburgh, Pa./Chartiers Valley) took both their matches to a third set.

Continuing OAC play, Mount Union will next travel to Berea, Ohio and play Baldwin Wallace on Friday, March 30 at 1:00 p.m.

RESULTS

Mount Union 7, Otterbein 2

Singles competition:
1. Robert Cross (MTU) def. Connor Radune (OTT) 6-3, 6-3
2. Tyler Wharton (OTT) def. Zach Teffner (MTU) 5-7, 6-4, 6-1
3. Antonio Massucci (MTU) def. Jamie Price (OTT) 7-5, 6-2
4. Mark Beebe (MTU) def. Juan Vera (OTT) 6-1, 3-6, 6-2
5. Justin Kelley (MTU) def. Riley Yost (OTT) 6-2, 6-4
6. Kyle Hicken (MTU) def. Jared Deel (OTT) 6-3, 6-7, 11-9

Doubles competition:
1. Robert Cross/Zach Teffner (MTU) def. Connor Radune/Jared Deel (OTT) 8-5
2. Mark Beebe/Justin Kelley (MTU) def. Tyler Wharton/Juan Vera (OTT) 8-3
3. Riley Yost/Jamie Price (OTT) def. Jacob Labonte/Antonio Massucci (MTU) 9-7

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Players Mentioned

Mark Beebe

Mark Beebe

Freshman
Robert Cross

Robert Cross

Sophomore
Kyle Hicken

Kyle Hicken

Senior
Justin Kelley

Justin Kelley

Freshman
Jacob Labonte

Jacob Labonte

Freshman
Antonio Massucci

Antonio Massucci

Freshman
Zach Teffner

Zach Teffner

Sophomore

Players Mentioned

Mark Beebe

Mark Beebe

Freshman
Robert Cross

Robert Cross

Sophomore
Kyle Hicken

Kyle Hicken

Senior
Justin Kelley

Justin Kelley

Freshman
Jacob Labonte

Jacob Labonte

Freshman
Antonio Massucci

Antonio Massucci

Freshman
Zach Teffner

Zach Teffner

Sophomore