WILLIAMSVILLE, N.Y.- The Daemen College men's tennis team fought hard to the very end but fell 5-4 in a close match against Oswego State at Miller Tennis Center tonight. Oswego State improved to 2-4 with the victory.
Daemen's No. 1 doubles team of Gary Arruda (Brampton, Ont./St. Augustine's) and Gregory Lowe (East Aurora, N.Y./East Aurora) picked up a 8-1 victory and accounted for three of Daemen's four points in the match. Lowe bested Oswego's Sam Moores 6-1, 6-1 at No. 1 singles while Arruda defeated Sam Tosti 6-1, 6-4 at No. 3 singles.
Sophomore Alex White (Norwich, N.Y./Norwich) also contributed a point for the Wildcats by downing Sam Corgies 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 at No. 6 singles.
Daemen (3-8) will be traveling to Erie, PA tomorrow to face off against Mercyhurst College at 1 p.m.
FULL RESULTS
#1 Doubles: Gary Arruda/Greg Lowe (Daemen) def Sam Moores/Max McCune 8-1
#2 Doubles: Tim Van Hine/Dillon Corbett (Oswego) def Brad Casper/Zach Kinniard (Daemen) 9-8
#3 Doubles: Ben Schleider/Sam Corgies (Oswego) def Mike Obermeier/Alex White (Daemen) 8-6
Exhibition: Connor Rhodes/Caleb Dorn (Oswego) def Brandon Hank/Taylor Jones (Daemen) 8-2
#1 Singles: Lowe (Daemen) def Moores 6-1 6-1
#2 Singles: Van Hine (Oswego) def Kinniard 6-3, 7-6
#3 Singles: Arruda (Daemen) def Sam Tosti 6-1, 6-4
#4 Singles: Ben Weiss (Oswego) def Obermeier 6-4, 6-7, 6-2
#5 Singles: McCune (Oswego) def Casper 6-2, 6-3
#6 Singles: White (Daemen) def Corgies 2-6, 6-4, 6-1
Exhibition: Dorn def Jones 6-2, 6-3
Exhibition: Rhodes def Hank 6-0, 6-1