HILTON HEAD, SC - The Messiah men's tennis team beat St. John Fisher College early Tuesday afternoon. The Falcons won two of the three doubles matches and five singles matches to take the match 7-2 to improve to 2-0 on the week. 

Doubles
The Falcons once again won courts 1 & 3 on their way to a 2-1 lead after the doubles matches. Court 2 of Baker/Martin lost 2-8 as they were the first court to end. Later it was Sell/Michael Niemi who won a close eight-game pro set at No. 3 doubles by a score of 8-6. Court 1 with Wilson/Rose was a back-and-forth battle throughout and needed a set tiebreaker at 7-7 to decide the match. After saving numerous match points, Wilson/Rose won the tiebreak 8-7(8) to give the Falcons the 2-1 lead going into singles play.

Singles
Messiah would take five of the six singles matches once again, repeating their formula from yesterday's match against Penn St. Behrend. Chase Wilson won 7-5, 6-3 at the No. 1 position while Connor Rose needed a third set tiebreak to win his match at No. 2, 3-6, 6-2, (10-7). Michael Sell and Jonathan Baker won in straight sets at No. 3 & 4, 6-1, 6-3 and 6-3, 6-2 respectively. Ellis Martin also won his match in the No. 6 position, 6-1, 6-4. In the only singles loss on the afternoon, Josh Gingerich lost 0-6, 1-6 at No. 5. 

Full Results
Doubles
No. 1 Wilson/Rose vs. O'Connell/Campbell - W 8-7(8)
No. 2 Baker/Martin vs. Danahy/Anthony - L 2-8
No. 3 Sell/Niemi vs. Decaro/Molosag - W 8-6

Singles
No. 1 Wilson vs. S. Danahy - W 7-5, 6-3
No. 2 Rose vs. A. Molosag - W 3-6, 6-3, (10-7)
No. 3 Sell vs. K. Gorman - W 6-1, 6-3
No. 4 Baker vs. C. Campbell W - 6-3, 6-2
No. 5 Gingerich vs. J. Anthony - L 0-6, 1-6
No. 6 Martin vs. J. O'Connell - W 6-1, 6-4

Next
The Falcons are 2-0 on the week and will face Buena Vista on Wednesday morning.