Grantham, PA - Messiah College won two doubles matches and all but one singles match to defeat King's College 7-2 on Monday afternoon. The win was Messiah's fifth in a row.
Messiah came out of the doubles competitions with a 2-1 lead after Geo Parkhurst and Nate Carl managed to take an 8-3 win at No. 1 doubles over
Tim Dunn and
Connor Graybeal. Despite that defeat, Messiah won the other two doubles matches with ease to set up a dominating showing in singles.
Dunn took another tough loss at No. 1 singles, though he battled back from a 6-0 loss to be edged 7-6 in the second set. His teammates picked him up in impression fashion as they won all other five singles matches. No. 2 and No. 3 singles were highly-contested, with Graybeal recovering from an opening set loss to rally for a thrilling win over Nate Carl. At No. 3,
Devin Esch took a close first set (7-5) before running away with the match with a dominating 6-0 score.
Messiah will play again in two days when they travel to Hood College for a match at 3:30 p.m.
Doubles
Geo Parkhurst/Nate Carl (King's) def.
Tim Dunn/
Connor Graybeal (Messiah) - 8-3
Devin Esch/
Austin Warren (Messiah) def. Matt James/John Labiak (King's) - 8-0
Dustin Innerst/
Blake Ross (Messiah) def. Terry Briggs/Ryan Kopishke (King's) 8-1
Singles
Geo Parkhurst (King's) def.
Tim Dunn (Messiah) - 6-0, 7-6
Connor Graybeal (Messiah) def. Nate Carl (King's) - 4-6, 6-3, 10-7
Devin Esch (Messiah) def. Matt James (King's) - 7-5, 6-0
Dustin Innerst (Messiah) def. John Labiak (King's) - 6-1, 6-3
Austin Warren (Messiah) def. Terry Briggs (King's ) 6-1, 6-0
Blake Ross (Messiah) def. Ryan Kopishke (King's) - 6-1, 6-0
