WASHINGTON, Pa. – The Geneva College men's tennis program accomplished something on Saturday it hadn't done since restarting the program five years ago: the Golden Tornadoes defeated W&J on the court.  It was an impressive performance by the men's team, who hadn't been closer than five points in any of the previous four matchups.  However, on Saturday afternoon, Geneva delivered a commanding 8-1 victory, improving its record to 2-1.  W&J fell to 0-2.

Geneva earned three wins in the doubles portion of the match to give itself a big lead.  Seniors Nate Heidengren (Aliquippa, Pa./Beaver County Christian) and Drake Greenstein (Austin, Texas/Stephen F. Austin) won their match in #1 doubles, 8-4.  Graduate student Alex Greissinger (Erie, Pa./Northwest PA Collegiate Academy) and sophomore Jacques Guillembet (Ft. Myers, Fla./South Ft. Myers) won in #2 doubles, 8-2.  Lastly, junior Josiah Shaver (Norwich, N.Y./Norwich) and freshman Jadon Hooke (North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin) won their match in #3 doubles, 8-4.

In singles action, Heidengren won 6-2, 6-4 in #1 singles.  Guillembet cruised in #3 singles 6-1, 6-0, while Greissinger won similarly in #4 singles 6-1, 6-2 and Shaver won in #5 singles 6-1, 6-1.  Hooke also prevailed in #6 singles, winning a tiebreaker 6-0, 5-7, 10-7.  Greenstein was the only Golden Tornado who didn't prevail in singles, and even his match went all the way to a third-set tiebreak, which he narrowly dropped.

"This team is really starting to play some of their best tennis, at just the right time," said Head Coach Mandee Craft.  "A win like this against W&J is huge for us."

The road gets even tougher for the Golden Tornadoes, who next host Grove City for a match on Wednesday beginning at 6:00 p.m.


Geneva College is a Christ-centered academic community that provides a comprehensive education to equip students for faithful and fruitful service to God and neighbor. Offering over 145 traditional undergraduate majors and programs, fully online Adult Degree Programs and high-demand graduate degrees, Geneva's programs are recognized for their high quality. Geneva is included on Kiplinger's Personal Finance's "2019 Best College Values" list and has one of the top undergraduate engineering programs in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report. Adhering to the truth of Scripture, a Geneva education is grounded in God's Word as well as in a core curriculum designed to prepare students vocationally to think, write and communicate well in today's world.