BEAVER FALLS, Pa. – The Geneva College men's tennis team dropped a match to Westminster on Tuesday afternoon at Brady's Run Indoor Courts, 6-3. Geneva's record is now 3-7 overall, 0-4 in the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC), while Westminster improved to 8-3, 3-1 in the PAC.
Graduate student Nate Heidengren (Aliquippa, Pa./Beaver County Christian) and junior Jacques Guillembet (Ft. Myers, Fla./South Ft. Myers) won a tiebreaker 7-3 to win their match in #1 doubles, 8-7, but Westminster captured the other two doubles matches to take a lead into singles.
Heidengren again played well in #1 singles, winning 6-1, 6-4 to earn Geneva's second point. Sophomore Jadon Hooke (North Huntingdon, Pa./Norwin) came from behind in #5 singles to pull out a three-set win 4-6, 6-3, 10-7. Senior Amos Luptak (Sewickley, Pa./Quaker Valley) nearly pulled out a win in #4 singles but lost a third-set tiebreaker.
"We knew from our fall match that Westminster was a tough team," said Head Coach Mandee Craft. "We didn't have our best day in doubles, and that ended up being a big difference in the match."
Geneva gets right back in action tomorrow with a home match against Thiel at Blackhawk Courts 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 has one of the top 100 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. Geneva was founded and is governed by the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA) and is a founding member of both the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) and IACE (International Association for Christian Education).
