HILTON HEAD, SC – The Roanoke College men's tennis team went 2-0 in the first day of matches during spring break on Monday, defeating St. John Fisher 8-1 and Elizabethtown College 7-2.  The Maroons have built a record of 4-1 through the first five matches, the team's best five match start since 2006, where the Maroons went 5-0.
 
Against Elizabethtown College, the men went 2-1 in doubles play.  Matt Kessler and Jacob Morris defeated Cole Turula and Ryan Caris, 8-2 in #1 doubles.  The Maroons won again at #3 doubles with Lewis Young and Chris Migliarese picking up the win over Matthew Hornbaker and Ben Geiger, 8-5.
 
In singles action, Roanoke lost just one pairing.  Joseph Ross played at #1 singles with a win over Turula 6-3, 7-5.  Kessler picked up the win at the #2 position, defeating Michael Cannon, 6-2, 6-4.  Morris won at #3 over Joe Kirchner with identical sets of 6-1, 6-1.  Migliarese took down Caris 6-2, 6-1 at the #4 spot.  Young picked up the final win for the Maroons with a win over Hornbaker, 6-3, 6-0.
 
In the 3:00 PM match against St. John Fisher, Roanoke swept the doubles play.  Ross and Morris played #1 doubles to defeat Sheldon Mitchell and Patrick McGrath by the score of 8-3.  Kessler and Migliarese paired up at #2 doubles to defeat Nathaniel Ligon and Jake Zarzycki, 8-4.  Graves and Young wrapped up #3 singles with an 8-3 victory over Kyle Stich and Adam Moran.
 
In singles action, Ross played #1 singles again, beating McGrath 6-1, 6-0.  Kessler played Mitchell to a tight 6-3, 7-5 victory in #2 singles.  Young topped Zarzycki to identical 6-4, 6-4 sets at #4 singles.  Roanoke's final win came from Teeples who defeated Stich in three sets 6-3, 3-6, 10-5 at #6 singles for the Roanoke victory.
 
The men return to action on Wednesday, March 5^th as they take on Mount Union in the final match of the spring break trip.  That match is scheduled for a 12:30 PM start.
 
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