GRANTHAM, Pa. - On Saturday afternoon, the Messiah men's tennis team dropped a hard fought battle to the Spartans of York College 4-2 in the MAC Commonwealth Championship. The Falcons were able to take one court from the Spartans in doubles, but it would be York's court one and three wins that propelled them to the early 1-0 match lead. In singles play, it took four courts going into a third and final set including two tie breaking sets in order for the Spartans to knock off the Falcons 4-2 on Criste Courts.

How It Happened:
Doubles:
The Falcons dropped court three when Elijah Noll / Luke Risser fell short losing 6-3. On court two, Brady Hahn / Tim Sheaffer provided a 6-3 win to force a point deciding match on court one. Chase Wilson / Lance Wilson would ultimately fall short 6-3 to give the Spartans the 1-0 match lead.

Singles:
Chase Wilson tied the match up 1-1 with a nice two set 6-3, 6-0 match one on court one. On court two, Lance Wilson would fall in a close three set match 1-6, 6-2, 1-6 giving the Spartans the 2-1 match lead. Despite a point tying win from Timothy Sheaffer on court five winning 5-7, 6-2, 6-1, it would come down to the remaining three courts to decide a MAC Commonwealth Championship. On court three, Brady Hahn was the first to fall when he dropped a three set match 6-4, 2-6, 7-6, coming down to the final two courts. It was a tight race between court four and court six in who would finish first, the Falcons needed to win both in order to pull out the match win. However, Elijah Noll would fall in a tie breaking set when he split the first two sets 6-4, 7-6(4), going on to drop set three 7-6(7-5) giving the Spartans the 4-2 overall win. 

The Falcons finished the season with a 10-8 overall record. Clinching the No. 1 seed in the MAC Commonwealth tournament for the second straight season.