REMAINING FLORIDA SPRING TRIP SCHEDULE:
Tuesday, February 28 - vs. Calvin - 5:30 pm
Wednesday, March 1 - vs. Albion - 12 pm
ORLANDO, Fla. -- The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology men's tennis team earned a dramatic 5-4 victory over Adrian College to secure a split of day one action at the USTA National Center on Monday.
With the match tied 4-4, No. 6 singles player
Corey Pollard trailed by a match point at 9-8 in a third-set super tiebreak. Pollard rallied to score the next 3 points to secure the 11-9 win that gave the Fightin' Engineers the 5-4 win.
Rose-Hulman took a 2-1 lead after doubles as part of the win. The No. 2 team of
Andrew Leonard and
Grant Paradowski won 8-2, and the No. 3 team of
Renato Prado and
Jonathon Stadler won 8-5.
In singles play, Paradowski earned a 6-0, 6-0 win at No. 2 and Prado won 6-2, 6-4 to give Rose-Hulman a 4-1 lead. Adrian claimed three super tiebreak wins to knot the match at 4-4, before Pollard's rally proved the deciding point.
NAIA Bethel (Ind.) topped the Fightin' Engineers 7-0 in the nightcap.
Rose-Hulman stands 2-3 on the season and faces another MIAA NCAA Division III member Calvin on Tuesday.
