The Hope College men's tennis team topped Calvin University, 5-2, on a dreary Saturday afternoon, in Grand Rapids to remain unbeaten in MIAA matches.

The Flying Dutchmen avenged last season's loss — which ended an eight match-winning streak — by overcoming an early 1-0 deficit after the Knights swept doubles to earn a point. Two of the matches were decided by a tiebreaker.

Hope took five of the six singles matches to hand the Knights a defeat in their league opener.  The two teams split the two singles match that were decided by a tiebreaker.

It was the third MIAA victory in five days for the Flying Dutchmen (5-11, 3-0 MIAA).

Doubles

1D: Rodrigo Alipio/Mario Neto (CAL) def. Ned Curley/Austin Becksvoort (HPE), 7-5;

2D: Ryan Broek/Felipe Sartori (CAL) def. Cooper Nugent/Alec Maynard (HPE), 7-6 (7-4);

3D: Tanner Warners/Corwin Kim (CAL) def. Paul Schneider/Elliot Dozeman (HPE), 7-6 (7-5).

Singles

1S: Rodrigo Alipio (CAL) def. Cooper Nugent (HPE), 6-0, 2-6, 7-5 (7-6);

2S: Ned Curley (HPE) def. Caleb Bartels (CAL), 7-6 (7-3), 6-7 (6-8), 1-0 (10-7);

3S: Paul Schneider (HPE) def. Felipe Sartori (CAL), 7-5, 7-6 (9-7);

4S: Rylan Doden (HPE) def. Ryan Broek (CAL), 6-3, 6-4;

5S: Karsten Patel (HPE) def. Corwin Kim (HPE), 6-1, 6-0;

6S: Austin Becksvoort (HPE) def. Mario Neto (CAL), 6-4, 6-3;

Hope's next match is Saturday, April 5, at 2 p.m. at home vs. Trine University at VandePoel-Heeringa Stadium Courts.