Men's Tennis | 3/29/2016 3:03:00 PM

HILTON HEAD, SC – The Hartwick Hawks (0-2, 0-1) played their second match of the season today against the Grizzlies of Franklin College (1-6) dropping the match 8-1. The match was played in Hilton Head on the Hawks' training trip in South Carolina.
           
At first doubles, senior Liam Brown (Suffield, CT/Suffield) and junior John Talbot (Middlesex, NY/Marcus-Whitman) pushed the duo of Kyle Sauley and Melissa Sanders to 8-5. Another close match was played at third doubles in which freshman Rose Natoli (Endwell, NY/Maine-Endwell) and sophomore Sami Chaudhry (Lahore, Pakistan/Aitchison College) lost and 8-6 contest.
           
The lone win on the day came at first singles with another convincing win for Talbot. He won without dropping a game to stay undefeated in singles play on the year.  
           
Brown was pushed to a third set but dropped his match to Sanders 4-6, 7-5, 10-6.  Sophomore Heidi Rice (Canandaigua, NY/Marcus-Whitman) played a tough match against Franklin's Dean Elrod losing, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3.  
           
Chaudhry played in his first collegiate match today in singles and doubles winning a combined 14 games in two matches. He lost his singles match to Dan Hicks at the sixth singles position 7-5, 6-3.
           
The Hawks will have a rematch with the Grizzlies on Thursday at noon.
 

Singles
John Talbot (HC) defeated Kyle Sauley (FC) 6-0, 6-0
Melissa Sanders (FC) defeated Liam Brown (HC) 4-6, 7-5, 10-6
Dean Elrod (FC) defeated Heidi Rice (HC) 7-6 (7-5), 6-3
Chelsea Howell (FC) defeated Ross Braue (HC) 6-2, 6-4
Karen Dringenburg (FC) defeated Rose Natoli (HC) 6-1, 6-2
Dan Hicks (FC) defeated Sami Chaudhry (HC) 7-5, 6-3
 
Doubles
Sauley/Sanders (FC) defeated Talbot/Brown (HC) 8-5
Hicks/Dringenburg (FC) defeated (HC) Rice/Braue 8-3
Elrod/Howell (FC) defeated (HC) Chaudhry/Natoli 8-6