HILTON HEAD, SC. - The Messiah men's tennis team left Monday afternoon with a 9-0 win against the Mary Baldwin Fighting Squirrels to start off the spring season. The Falcons breezed through all the action in a format shortened day.

The Falcons will be back on the courts tomorrow afternoon when they face Pfeiffer University at 4:30 PM on Hilton Head Island at the Hilton Head Beach and Tennis Club.

Shortened Format
Due to a time constricted three hour match window, the men played a shortened format for doubles as well as singles. In doubles, each eight-game pro-set started at 2-2 while in singles each set started at 2-all as well. For No. 4, 5 & 6 singles, an eight game proset was contested.

Doubles
The teams of Wilson/Rose, Gingerich/Niemi and Anderson/Baker all won handily by scores of 8-2, 8-3 and 8-2.

Singles
That momentum carried over in singles as Chase Wilson, Connor Rose, Michael Sell, Michael Niemi, Carl Anderson and Peyton Sopirak all won in straight sets to finish off the sweep. Each match was under control on every court.

Up Next
The Falcons will play Pfeiffer University at 4:30 PM tomorrow afternoon at Hilton Head Beach and Tennis.

Results
Doubles
No. 1 - Wilson/Rose vs. Leyton/Lindhjem W 8-2
No. 2 - Gingerich/Niemi vs. Knick/Santiago W 8-3
No. 3 - Anderson/Baker vs. Monjas/Reyes W 8-2

Singles
No. 1 - Wilson vs. Leyton W 6-3, 6-3
No. 2 - Rose vs. Lindhjem W 6-3, 6-2
No. 3 - Sell vs. Monjas W 6-2, 6-4
No. 4 - Niemi vs. Knick W 8-2
No. 5 - Anderson vs. Santiago W 8-4
No. 6 - Sopirak vs. Reyes W 8-3