Hawks fall in USA South matchup

By Chuck Tidmore

Sports Information Assistant 

MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The Huntingdon men's tennis team lost to Methodist 9-0 in Sunday's USA South Athletic Conference match.

The Hawks drop their second match this weekend and fall to 4-3 in conference play and 6-4 overall.

Methodist remains undefeated in conference play with an 8-0 record and is 11-4 on the season.

The Hawks travel to Tuskegee on Monday for a 1 p.m. match.  Huntingdon will host Maryville on Thursday at 1 p.m. The match was postponed earlier in the season due to weather.

Match Results

vs. Methodist

Singles

No. 1: R.J. Clement (MU) def. John Jones (HC) 6-0, 6-0 

No. 2: Taylor Buchholz (MU) def. Trey Pirtle (HC) 6-0, 6-2

No. 3: Teal Howard (MU) def. Aaron Triplett (HC) 6-4, 6-2

No. 4: Jacob Groce (MU) def. Justin McQueen (HC) 6-0, 6-0

No. 5: John Dangerfield (MU) def. Ben Marler (HC) 6-3, 7-6

No. 6: Michael Jones (MU) def. Seth McClendon (HC) 6-0, 6-0

Doubles

No. 1: Clement-Howard (MU) def. Jones-Pirtle (HC) 8-4

No. 2: Buchholz-Groce (MU) def. McQueen-Triplett (HC) 8-4

No. 3: Dangerfield-Jones (MU) def. Marler-Bailey Burns (HC) 8-0

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