The Hope College men's tennis team started the day on a high note with a 5–2 win over Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology on Saturday at the DeWitt Tennis Center, but Roosevelt University answered in the afternoon with a 5–2 result of their own.

Hope is now 2-2 on the season. 

Hope built its win over Rose-Hulman through a clean sweep in doubles and three straight-set victories in singles. The Dutchmen secured the doubles point convincingly and added key wins at the top of the singles lineup to close out the match.

Doubles

1. Alec Maynard (Northville, Michigan / Detroit Catholic Central HS)/Cooper Nugent (Rochester Hills, Michigan / Rochester Adams) (HC) def. Chris Lian/Tim Eckerman (RH), 6–2
2. Karsen Patel (Birmingham, Michigan / Birmingham Seaholm)/Blake Smith (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan / Birmingham Seaholm) (HC) def. Eli McIntyre/Ervin Perkowski (RH), 6–3
3. Ned Curley (Plymouth, Michigan / Detroit Catholic Central)/Rylan Doden (Fort Wayne, Indiana / Blackhawk Christian) (HC) def. Matthew Hydrick/Andrew Leonard (RH), 6–0

Singles

1. Ned Curley (HC) def. Ervin Perkowski (RH), 7–5, 6–4
2. Cooper Nugent (HC) def. Tim Eckerman (RH), 7(10)–6(8), 6–2
3. Karsten Patel (HC) def. Chris Lian (RH), 6–3, 6–4
4. Ephraim Guthrie (RH) def. Rylan Doden (HC), 6–3, 4–6, 1(10)–0(3)
5. Eli McIntyre (RH) def. Paul Schneider (Fishers, Indiana / Hamilton Southeastern) (HC), 6–3, 6–1
6. Alec Maynard (HC) def. Renato Prado (RH), 6–4, 6–3

Against Roosevelt, Hope again earned the doubles point with wins at one and three, but the Lakers controlled much of singles play. 

Despite a straight-set win from Ned Curley and a competitive effort across the lineup, Roosevelt claimed four singles courts to take the match 5–2.

Doubles

1. Alec Maynard/Cooper Nugent (HC) def. Juan Caicedo/Justus Peters (RU), 6–4
2. Lluc Mascaro Sierra/Chakib Madcur (RU) def. Paul Schneider/Elliot Dozeman (Holland, Michigan / West Ottawa) (HC), 7–5
3. Owen Jackson  (Traverse City, Michigan / St. Francis)/Ned Curley (HC) def. Juan Pablo Espinosa/Raul Ferrer Vilarino (RU), 6–4

Singles

1. Juan Caicedo (RU) def. Cooper Nugent (HC), 1–6, 6–4, 6–2
2. Ned Curley (HC) def. Jules Rumeau (RU), 6–1, 6–2
3. Juan Pablo Espinosa (RU) def. Rylan Doden (HC), 6–3, 6–3
4. Justus Peters (RU) def. Blake Smith (HC), 6–2, 6–1
5. Chakib Madcur (RU) def. Elliot Dozeman (HC), 1–6, 6–4, 6–4
6. Sierra Lluc Mascaro (RU) def. Owen Jackson (HC), 6–3, 6–2

Hope returns to the court on Saturday, February 21 split on the road for matchups against Milwaukee School of Engineering at 2:30 p.m. and Illinois Institute of Technology at 6:30 p.m.