Men's Tennis Tops Ohio Northern in Spring Opener

The Hope College men's tennis team served up a thrilling, 4-3 victory at Ohio Northern University on Friday to begin the spring season.

The Flying Dutchmen secured the outcome by earning all of their points in singles.

Junior Rylan Doden (Fort Wayne, Indiana / Blackhawk Christian) clinched the victory with a two-set victory at No. 3 singles.

DOUBLES

Tyler Wood/Dylan Catanese (ONU) d. Alec Maynard (Northville, Michigan / Detroit Catholic Central)/Cooper Nugent (Rochester Hills, Michigan / Rochester Adams), 6-4;
Ethan Remy/Aidan Yeager (ONU) d. Paul Schneider (Fishers, Indiana / Hamilton Southeastern)/Elliot Dozeman (Holland, Michigan / West Ottawa), 6-4;
Owen Jackson (Traverse City, Michigan / St. Francis)/Ned Curley (Plymouth, Michigan / Detroit Catholic Central) d. Kessler Hackenberger/Noah Boyce, 6-2.

SINGLES

Cooper Nugent d. Aidan Yeager, 6-4, 4-6, 4-6;
Ned Curley d. Tyler Wood 6-2, 5-7, 6-2;
Rylan Doden d. Ethan Remy (CWRU), 4-6, 7-5, 6-4;
Dylan Catanese (CWRU) d. Karsten Patel, 6-3, 2-6, 6-1;
Kessler Hackenberger d. Paul Schneider, 6-4, 6-4;
Blake Smith (Bloomfield Hills, Michigan / Hamilton Southeastern) d. Noah Boyce, 6-4, 6-3.

Hope (1-1) returns to action on Saturday, Feb. 14, with two home matches at DeWitt Tennis Center: 8 a.m. vs. Rose Hulman Institute of Technology (Indiana) and 2 p.m. vs. NCAA Division II Roosevelt University (Illinois).

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Players Mentioned

Ned Curley: Junior

Rylan Doden: Junior

Elliot Dozeman: Sophomore

Alec Maynard: Junior

Cooper Nugent: Junior; German

Karsten Patel: Sophomore

Paul Schneider: Junior

Blake Smith: Sophomore

Owen Jackson: Freshman

Players Mentioned

Ned Curley
: Junior

Rylan Doden
: Junior

Elliot Dozeman
: Sophomore

Alec Maynard
: Junior

Cooper Nugent
: Junior; German

Karsten Patel
: Sophomore

Paul Schneider
: Junior

Blake Smith
: Sophomore

Owen Jackson
: Freshman