Huntingdon men’s tennis knocks off Covenant

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The Huntingdon men's tennis team won its third conference match of the season with a 6-3 win over Covenant College on Saturday.

The Hawks (5-4, 3-1 Great South Athletic Conference) won all three doubles matches and picked up three singles wins to get by Covenant (2-2, 2-1 GSAC).

Tyler Creamer (No. 2), Sean Jackson (No. 3) and Larry Pritchett (No. 5) were the singles winners for Huntingdon. Jackson teamed with Zac Baldwin to win at No. 1 doubles, Creamer and Lee Howell won at No. 2 doubles and Pritchett and Stacy Terry won at No. 3 doubles.

Huntingdon plays at Piedmont in another GSAC match on Sunday at noon.

Match results

Singles

No. 1: John Hirte (CC) def. Zac Baldwin (HC) 6-1, Retired (Illness)

No. 2: Tyler Creamer (HC) def. Jonathan Herberich (CC) 7-5, 6-1

No. 3: Sean Jackson (HC) def. Tom Yates (CC) 6-2, 6-4

No. 4: Andy Jones (CC) def. Lee Howell (HC) 6-2, 4-6, 10-7

No. 5: Larry Pritchett (HC) def. Calvin Chase (CC) 6-4, 6-1

No. 6: Clark Sealy (CC) def. Stacy Terry (HC) 2-6, 6-3, 6-2

Doubles                           

No. 1: Jackson-Baldwin (HC) def. Hirte-Herberich (CC) 8-6

No. 2: Creamer-Howell (HC) def. Yates-Jones (CC) 8-6

No. 3: Pritchett-Terry (HC) def. Chase-Sealy (CC) 8-4