IMMACULATA, Pa. - The Immaculata University men's tennis team forced tiebreakers in two of the three doubles matches to open Wednesday's Atlantic East Conference matchup with Gwynedd Mercy, but ultimately could not put the finishing touches on either match and later only came away with two of the six single matches to fall to the Griffins, 6-3. Zach Malcolm and Kevin Hegarty produced the lone singles match wins for the Macs on the afternoon.

DOUBLES RESULTS
-Dom Ramsden and Alex Noel at first singles and Hegarty and Will Helm at third both forced tiebreakers to begin the day, but fell in close decisions.
-Malcolm and Michael Chartier produced the lone doubles win for the Macs with an 8-5 victory at the second position.

SINGLES RESULTS
-Ramsden was defeated at first singles, 7-5. 6-0.
-Noel battled at second singles but was taken down, 6-4, 6-1.
-Chartier was bested at the third slot, 6-3, 6-4.
-After dropping the first set 6-1, Malcolm battled back to win the second, 7-6 and the tiebreaker, 7-4 to take the win at fourth.
-Helm was defeated in straight sets, 6-0, 6-2.
-Hegarty was victorious at sixth singles, 6-3, 6-4.

AUGSBERGER ON THE GWYNEDD MATCH
"Two of the doubles matches needed bonus tennis---another day and we could've been three up and cruising. We don't want to waste the great performances that Malcolm and especially Hegerty in his first appearance both gave us."

"What happened to Dom was cruel. It was his speed that accounted for his 5-2 lead, and then that very quality is what's taken from him with the cramping he felt."

"I think we met our first real controversies on court today, which can be good if you band together and limit how much you feed off them and dwell on them. Above all I want my teams to be sporting, and we were challenged today."

UP NEXT
Immaculata (1-5, 0-2 Atlantic East) travels to DeSales Thursday for a non-conference matchup at 3:30 p.m.