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10.13.07 -
After finishing the
regular season in a tie for sixth place, the Foresters placed seventh
in the MCC Tournament.
Taylor took the team title with a score of 18 followed by Indiana Wesleyan
(12),
Marian (11), Goshen (8), Spring Arbor (7), Bethel (4), HU (3) and Grace (0).
Tyler Moore's run
at the singles' championship came up just short as he lost in the
finals 7-5, 6-1 to Taylor's Felipe Bedon at #1. Moore defeated
Bethel's Kieko Cortez 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 in the first round and downed
Indiana Wesleyan's Matt Petersen 5-7, 6-2, 7-6 to reach the finals.
Gonzalo Vivas was
the only other Forester to advance to the semi-final round playing #2
singles. He defeated Grace's Jason Sells 6-1, 6-1 and then lost
to Goshen's Sasha Sabanathan 6-3, 7-5.
Both Moore and
Vivas earned MCC All-Conference honors for their performance through
the season.
In other singles'
matches, Mitchell McDonald
lost 6-3, 6-0 to Taylor's Dave Smith. Adam Widener fell 6-1, 1-6, 6-4
to Drew Dawkins (IWU). James Makula succumbed 6-0, 6-1 to Bryce
Perkins (Taylor) and Keaton McDonald lost to Marian's Alex Bienz (no
score provided).
At #1 doubles,
Moore and Mitchell McDonald fell 8-4 to Cortez and Shriner (Bethel).
Vivas and Widener went down 8-5 to Burmicky and Miller (Taylor) at #2
and at #3, Makula and Keaton McDonald were knocked out by Spring
Arbor's Miles and Clark 9-7.
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