Men’s Tennis Absorbs 5-3 Loss to Holy Cross

Team Stats

$visitor

$home

Score

doubles

Alex Partyka / Henry Siercke (ENC)
def. William Chen / Alexander Ruenhorst (HC)

8-6

Julius Opaschowski / Laurent Ruttkowski (ENC)
def. Matthew Slowinski / Peter Campito (HC)

8-6

Henry Harrs / Matthew Murphy (HC)
def. Santiago Camero / Shaw Campbell (ENC)

8-5

Singles

William Chen (HC)
def. Alex Partyka (ENC)

6-3 , 6-1

Henry Siercke (ENC)
def. Henry Harrs (HC)

7-5 , 6-3

Alexander Ruenhorst (HC)
def. Laurent Ruttkowski (ENC)

6-1 , 6-1

Matthew Slowinski (HC)
def. Santiago Camero (ENC)

6-4 , 0-6 , 10-8

Peter Campito (HC)
def. Julius Opaschowski (ENC)

7-5 , 6-2

Tim Schoengens (ENC)
def. Matthew Murphy (HC)

FINAL - UNFINISHED

September 26, 2018

QUINCY, Mass.- The Eastern Nazarene College men's tennis team dropped a 5-3 decision to NCAA Division I foe Holy Cross Wednesday afternoon at the ENC Tennis Courts.

The Lions slide to 0-2 overall while the Crusaders improve to 1-0 on the year with the result.

Alex Partyka (Moscow, Russia) and Henry Siercke (Hamburg, Germany) edged William Chen and Alexander Ruenhorst at the No. 1 doubles position 8-6.

Julius Opaschowski (Hamburg, Germany) and Laurent Ruttkowski (Castrop-Rauxel, Germany) notched an 8-6 win at the No. 2 doubles slot over Matthew Slowinski and Peter Campito.

Santiago Camero (Valencia, Venezuela) and Shaw Campbell (Reading, Calif.) fell 8-5 at the No. 3 slot to Henry Harrs and Matthew Murphy.

Siercke claimed the home team's lone victory in singles action with a 7-5, 6-3 win at the No. 2 position against Harrs.

Partya suffered a 6-3, 6-1 setback to Chen at the top singles spot while Ruttkowski endured a 6-1, 6-1 loss at the No. 3 position to Ruenhorst.

Camero fell in a third-set super-tiebreaker at the No. 4 slot to Slowinski. After dropping the first frame 6-4, Camero roared back with a 6-0 decision in the second. In the super-tiebreaker, Slowinski edged Camero 10-8.

Opaschowski absorbed a 7-5, 6-2 loss at the fifth position to Campito and Tim Schoengens (Inden, Germany) trailed Murphy 6-5 in the first set at the No. 6 spot when the match was halted due to darkness.

Up next, Eastern Nazarene heads to NCAA Division II opponent Franklin Pierce October 1.