Another Close One Gets Away for Davidson M. Tennis, 4-3

Saturday, March 26

Davidson, N.C.

1:00 p.m.

Davidson College

Samford

Photo by: Tim Cowie - DavidsonPhotos.com

Another Close One Gets Away for Davidson M. Tennis, 4-3

3/26/2011 9:42:50 PM | Men's Tennis

Gavin McFarlin -- Assistant SID

Match Results

DAVIDSON, N.C. — Seeking its first Southern Conference win of the year, the Davidson men's tennis team saw yet another close match go against them as they dropped a 4-3 decision to visiting Samford on Saturday afternoon in the Knobloch Tennis Center.

It was Davidson's (4-13, 0-4 SoCon) third conference match that went down to the wire and decided by one team point. The Wildcats also dropped 4-3 decisions to Elon and Chattanooga.

Samford (12-4, 2-2 SoCon) won its fifth match in the last six its played.

The afternoon started off with Davidson capturing the doubles point for an early 1-0 lead. The pair of Calum Gee (Ayr, Scotland) and Joe Schafer (Orchard Park, N.Y.) halted a two-match losing streak for their fifth win together in taking a 9-8 match to clinch the doubles point.

Chris Mark (Union City, Calif.) and Kevin Moore (Overland Park, Kan.) scored the first win of the day with an 8-5 triumph for their fifth win of the season, three of them against league foes.

It was then a battle in singles play as four of the six matches went into a third set with the Bulldogs pulling out three of the four for the 4-3 win.

Gee and Schafer made it a perfect afternoon when they got the Wildcats their second and third points. Gee rolled to a 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 3 for his sixth singles victory of the year. He also evened his conference mark to 2-2.

Schafer halted his personal two-match losing streak with a comeback win. After seeing Carson Kadi score a 6-1 first-set win, the sophomore rattled off a pair 6-4 wins at No. 1 in the next two sets for his team-leading eighth singles win of the season.

Walker Lyons (Wallingford, Pa.), Arie Hefter (Birmingham, Ala.) and Moore all went the distance, but were unable to pull out the wins in the final set of each match. Lyons started his match with a 7-6 tie-breaker win, but fell 6-2, 6-2 in the last two sets.

Hefter dropped his first set, 6-3, but came through in set two with a 6-4 win to force the third set. The third set went an extra game, but the senior fell short in dropping a 7-5 decision as he dropped his eighth match in a row.

Rounding out the three-setters was Moore, who rolled to a 6-1 first-set win, but saw Alexander Sajonz earn a 7-5 win in the second set at No. 6. Sajonz then sealed the win with a 6-1 decision in the final set.

Davidson takes to the road for a 1 p.m. match vs. Wofford tomorrow in SoCon action.