TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — The Earlham College men's tennis team opened the spring portion of its schedule on Saturday as the Quakers defeated the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 8-1.

Selected as the favorites in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference pre-season poll, the Quakers were up 2-1 after doubles. They followed that result by sweeping the singles action from the Engineers, who were picked to finish third in the conference.

"It was a good win over a solid team," Earlham Head Coach Adam Van Zee said. "It was a nice to get that first win of the spring."

"We came out a bit flat at the start," Van Zee added. "We are a singles dominate team, so we need to continue to get better at doubles."

Hank Levin (Dallas, TX, Highland Park) and Anton Bartashevich (Moscow, Russia, International) beat Ben Paras and Devon Fritz 8-3 at No. 1 doubles, while Brad Maisey (Mount Maunganui, New Zealand, Tauranga Boys) and Andrey Gavrilov (Yaroslavl, Russia, Universal) took care of Ian Stevenson and Stephan Lemmer 8-6 at No. 2.

In singles, Levin won 6-1, 6-2 over Paras at No. 1. Garilov defeated Devon Fritz 6-0, 6-1 at No. 2.

At No. 3, Bartashvich blanked Stevenson 6-0, 6-0. Maisey upended Lemmer 6-0, 6-1 at No. 4.
Scott Lawrence (Letchworth, England, Cheam) won 6-2, 6-3 over Natt Moore at No. 5. David Bluestein (Durham, NH, Buxton School) defeated Randy Billingsley 6-4, 6-4 at No. 6.

Earlham (2-0, 1-0) returns to action on Sunday against Franklin College. The HCAC match in Terre Haute is at 8 a.m.

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