HILTON HEAD, SC – Men's tennis slipped to 0-2 on the season on Wednesday with a defeat to the Concordia (WI) Falcons in Hilton Head, SC. The Falcons secured a 9-0 victory.

Concordia won all three doubles matches to take a 3-0 advantage. The Hawks' top doubles team of Brian Redder (Marion, NY/Williamson) and Will Gilbraith (West Monroe, NY/Paul V. Moore) took three games from the Falcons' Russell Johnson and Skip Turner.

In singles, Liam Brown (Suffield, CT/Suffield) came close to a Hartwick victory in the third flight. He lost a 6-4, 6-4 decision to Concordia's Tanner Hahn.

Gilbraith also took five games from Turner at number two singles, 6-2, 6-3.

The Hawks will wrap up their South Carolina trip on Friday. 'Wick opposes Franklin College (IN) at noon.


Concordia (WI) 9, Hartwick 0
Mar 26, 2014 at Hilton Head, SC

Singles competition

1. Russell Johnson (CONCORD) def. Brian Redder (HARTWICK) 6-0, 6-0

2. Skip Turner (CONCORD) def. Will Gilbraith (HARTWICK) 6-2, 6-3

3. Tanner Hahn (CONCORD) def. Liam Brown (HARTWICK) 6-4, 6-4

4. Benjamin Nommensen (CONCORD) def. Sean Coppola (HARTWICK) 6-2, 6-0

5. Garrett Wells (CONCORD) def. Jefferson Monastoque (HARTWICK) 6-1, 6-1

6. Robert Spiering (CONCORD) def. Keith O'Connor (HARTWICK) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles competition

1. Russell Johnson/Skip Turner (CONCORD) def. Brian Redder/Will Gilbraith (HARTWICK) 8-3

2. Benjamin Nommensen/Garrett Wells (CONCORD) def. Liam Brown/Jefferson Monastoque (HARTWICK) 8-1

3. Tanner Hahn/Robert Spiering (CONCORD) def. Sean Coppola/Ross Braue (HARTWICK) 8-1

Match Notes

Concordia (WI) 2-8

Hartwick 0-2

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