SHERMAN, Tex. - The Men's Tennis Team of Austin College extended their winning streak to 5-matches and moved to 1-1 in SCAC play with a decisive victory over the Gents of Centenary College.

Doubles play yielded an 8-0 victory from Ambulo/Granberry at Line 1, and two 8-1 victories at Lines 2 & 3 from Oxenreiter/Kubena and the senior tandem of Shetty/Bomar.

Lines 1-3 ripped through their SCAC counterparts, dropping only 3-games between them.  Kenneth Hardy made his spring singles debut with a huge 6-0, 6-0 victory.

Senior Zach Bomar made his spring lineup debut for the 'Roos with a 6-1, 6-0 victory at Line 4 while Jonathan Asher took Line 5 for AC in his first match of 2016 6-0, 6-2.

Senior Akshay Shetty completed the sweep by finishing his match at Line 6 6-0, 6-4.  The win today officially pushed the Men's Tennis Team to 6-wins on the season; the highest win total in SCAC Program History.

The Austin College Men's Tennis Team will play again at home tomorrow, April 3rd at 11:00am against conference rival Schreiner University.  The match will serve at the SAAC sponsored "Faculty, Staff, and Student Appreciation Day" to kick off NCAA Division III Week.

Austin College 9, Centenary College 0

Sherman, TX

Elizabeth Russell Tennis Center

4/2/2016

Singles

1. Erik Meendsen (AC) def. Stafford Lyons (CC) 6-0, 6-1

2. Kenneth Hardy (AC) def. Jonathan Harrel (CC) 6-0, 6-0

3. Will Crouch (AC) def. Erick Norem (CC) 6-1, 6-1

4. Zach Bomar (AC) def. Kane Kershaw (CC) 6-1, 6-0

5. Jonathan Asher (AC) def. Christopher Mattews (CC) 6-0, 6-2

6. Akshay Shetty (AC) def. Eric Eymard (CC) 6-0, 6-4

Doubles

1. Ambulo/Granberry (AC) def. Lyons/Harrell (CC) 8-0

2. Oxenreiter/Kubena (AC) def. Kershaw/Norem (CC) 8-1

3. Shetty/Bomar (AC) def. Eymard/Matthews (CC) 8-1

Match Notes

Austin College: 6-4 (1-1)

Centenary College: 0-11 (0-3)

Order of Finish: Doubles (1, 3, 2) Sinigles (2, 3, 1, 5, 4, 6)