Men's Tennis Caps Alumni Weekend with Win

On Saturday, March 7, the men's tennis team hosted regional opponent Hardin-Simmons. With 12 alumni on hand for the match, the atmosphere was electric.

In doubles, the Hens jumped out to early leads in all three matches. The HSU Cowboys quickly responded, coming back from 1-4 at two and three doubles. Sophomore Drew Cohn and freshman Alex Groth responded well, closing the door and winning 8-6 to get us on the board. At one doubles, senior Cam Taylor and freshman Uday Singh played solidly enough to hold off their opponents, 8-5. At two doubles, after jumping out to an early lead, momentum shifted away from us and we weren't able to steal it back, succumbing, 9-7.

Leading 2-1 after the doubles, and missing freshman #1 Tommy Meyer, the Hell Hens responded well jumping out to early leads at 2, 3, 4, and 5 singles. At 1 singles, Cam did his best to stay in the first set getting down 5-2 before storming back and taking the first set 7-6 (1). At 6 singles, freshman Ramsey Bernard got off to a slow start before waking up down 5-1. At that point Bernard locked down on his opponent, took the first set 7-5, and rolled in the next set, 6-2. Sophomore Nick Tagliarino made short work of his opponent and rolled to a 6--0, 6-0 win at 2 singles. Freshman Alex Groth took it to his guy 1 and 4, while junior Grant Friedman was a 6-3, 6-3 winner at 5 singles. At the 3 spot, freshman Uday Singh rolled to a 3 and 2 win. It wasn't a surprise that Cam was the last match on, but he rolled to a 6-2 second set after taking the first in a tiebreaker. The 8-1 win brings our record to 3-4 overall and 3-3 in D-III.