Ravens back in action March 24 at Merrimack

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. (March 13, 2009) – The Franklin Pierce University men’s tennis team opened the spring portion of its 2008-09 schedule on Friday afternoon with a 9-0, neutral-site loss to Pace in Northeast-10 conference play.

Franklin Pierce junior Daniel Willard (Munich, Germany) had among the strongest showings of the day for the Ravens, but he was defeated, 6-2, 6-3, by Pace senior Jose Caceres (Mt. Kisco, N.Y./La Merud).

In all, five Pace players posted victories in both doubles and singles. The Setters did not drop a game in doubles play, as they won two matches by 8-0 scores and a third by default.

The Ravens (0-5, 0-4 NE-10) return to the court on Tuesday, March 24, when they travel to Merrimack for a Northeast-10 Conference match at 3 p.m. in North Andover, Mass. Pace (1-5, 1-4 NE-10) returns to action on March 22 at Stonehill.

Results

Doubles
Garret Boyd/Daniel Klein (Pace) def. Sam Aubin/Daniel McDonough (FPU), 8-0
Andrew Hagen/Dan Ranke (Pace) def. Daniel Willard/Ben Wheeler (FPU), 8-0
Jose Caceres/Christopher Gaur (Pace) win by default

Singles
Boyd (Pace) def. Aubin (FPU), 6-1, 6-1
Klein (Pace) def. McDonough (FPU), 6-0, 6-1
Caceres (Pace) def. Willard (FPU), 6-2, 6-3
Hagen (Pace) def. Ryo Miyazaki (FPU), 10-6
Ranke (Pace) def. Wheeler (FPU), 10-1
Gaur (Pace) wins by default