Men's Tennis

Nelson Finishes Second in No. 2 Singles at Wabash

For Immediate Release:
March 19, 2006

CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. — Earlham College senior men’s tennis player Andy Nelson posted the highest finish for the Quakers on Sunday in the Kerry Seward Invitational at Wabash College.

Nelson (Mantoloking, NJ/St. Mark’s School) was defeated 6-0, 6-2 by Renato Costa of Vincennes in the championship match of No. 2 singles, which was his first loss in the two-day event.

Despite losses on Sunday, junior Scott Miller (Greensburg, IN/Greensburg) and first-year Shiro Fukuzawa (Nagano, Japan) finished fifth. The pair won opening round matches on Saturday. Miller played at No. 1, while Fukuzawa competed at No. 4.

Junior Peter DiLalla (Cleveland Heights, OH/Cleveland Heights) followed up a pair of losses on Saturday with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Blake Burke of Anderson to finish seventh in No. 3 singles.

In doubles, Nelson and DiLalla were sixth at No. 2 for the Quakers, which was the best placement in that competition.

Earlham was eighth in the tournament with Vincennes and Oberlin sharing the title.
The Quakers (5-1) return to action at Denison University on Monday, March 27. The match gets underway at 4 p.m. Scoresheet.

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