The Hope College men's tennis team dropped its first two matchups on Monday at the United States Tennis Association National Training Center in Orlando, Florida: 4-3, to St. Lawrence University (New York), and 6-1 to Coe College (Iowa).

Against St. Lawrence, the Flying Dutchmen earned wins at No. 2 doubles, as well as two, three and six singles slots. 

1D: Edvin Strandberg/John Hill-Edgar (STL) def. Austin Becksvoort/Ned Curley (H), 6-4

2D: Alec Maynard/Cooper Nugent (H) def. Broderick Pinto/Jake David (STL), 6-3

3D: Aidan Baracao/Charles Schepens (STL) def. Elliot Dozeman/Hank Mast (H), 7-6

1S: Edvin Strandberg (STL) def. Cooper Nugent (H), 3-6, 7-5, 10-7

2S: Ned Curley (H) def. Broderick Pinto (STL), 7(7)-6(5), 6-2

3S: Paul Schneider (H) def. John Hill-Edgar (STL), 6-3, 6-1

4S: Jake David (STL) def. Rylan Doden (H), 6-3, 6-3

5S: Aidan Baracao (STL) def. Austin Becksvoort (H), 6-3, 4-6, 12-10

6S: Karsten Patel (H) def. Charles Schepens (STL), 6-4, 6-0

Against Coe, Hope won at at No. 4 singles. 

1D: Jumpei Kasai/Bryton Short (COE) def. Austin Becksvoort/Ned Curley (H), 6-3

2D: Ivan Burt-Smith/Daniel Rohlman (COE) def. Rylan Doden/Cooper Nugent (H), 6-4

3D: Graham Peterson/Joshua Tiemann (COE) def. Paul Schneider/Elliot Dozeman (H), 6-0

1S: Bryton Short (COE) def. Cooper Nugent (H), 7(7)-6(4), 3-6, 1(10)-0(8)

2S: Ivan Burt-Smith (COE) def. Ned Curley (H), 6-3, 6-4

3S: Joshua Tiemann (COE) def. Paul Schneider (H), 6-4, 7-5

4S: Rylan Doden (H) def. Grant Idol (COE), 6-2, 6-1

5S: Graham Peterson (COE) def. Austin Becksvoort (H), 6-3, 6-4

6S: Jumpei Kasai (COE) def. Elliot Dozeman (H), 6-3, 6-2

Hope returns to the court on Wednesday, March 19, for two matches against two Top-40 teams.

The Flying Dutchmen take on #37 Hobart College in the morning and #34 Hamilton College in the afternoon.