GETTYSBURG, Pa. – The Gettysburg College men's tennis team dropped a 9-0 decision to No. 32 Swarthmore College in a Centennial Conference match Saturday.
Gettysburg (5-5, 0-1 CC) battled Swarthmore (6-9, 3-0 CC) in doubles play with senior
Kevin Maier (Alpharetta, Ga./Milton) and sophomore
Tommy Gilio (New Canaan, Conn./New Canaan) nearly pulling off a victory at the second flight. The duo came up just short in the decision with an 8-6 loss to Weiyi Zhu and Max Gruber at the second position. Scores for the remaining doubles contests were 8-3 at No. 1 and 8-4 at No. 3.
The Garnet won all six singles matches in straight-sets. Junior
Mike Mills (Cape Elizabeth, Maine/Cape Elizabeth) dropped a 6-4, 6-2 decision to Zhu at No. 2, while Gilio took five games in a loss (6-3, 6-2) to William Teoh at the fourth flight.
Gettysburg hosts No. 25 Johns Hopkins University Tuesday at 4 p.m.
#32 Swarthmore College 9, Gettysburg 0
3/30/2019 at Gettysburg, Pa. (Bullets Tennis Courts)
Singles competition
1. Noah Cheng (SWATMT) def.
Nick D'Amore (GC) 6-3, 6-0
2. Weiyi Zhu (SWATMT) def.
Mike Mills (GC) 6-4, 6-2
3. Kevin Xu (SWATMT) def.
Kevin Maier (GC) 6-1, 6-0
4. William Teoh (SWATMT) def.
Tommy Gilio (GC) 6-3, 6-2
5. Max Gruber (SWATMT) def.
Harrison Brown (GC) 6-3, 6-1
6. Devin Geib (SWATMT) def.
Patrick Bodovitz (GC) 6-2, 6-2
Doubles competition
1. Noah Cheng/Kevin Xu (SWATMT) def.
Nick D'Amore/
Mike Mills (GC) 8-3
2. Weiyi Zhu/Max Gruber (SWATMT) def.
Kevin Maier/
Tommy Gilio (GC) 8-6
3. William Teoh/Devin Geib (SWATMT) def.
Harrison Brown/
Jacob Meehan (GC) 8-4
Match Notes
Swarthmore College 6-9, 3-0 CC; National ranking #32; Regional ranking #7
Gettysburg 5-5, 0-1 CC
T-2:30 A-35