Box Score Losing three starters from last year's Ohio Athletic Conference championship team was going to be a difficult obstacle to overcome for the John Carroll men's tennis team.

The first test of the new line-up on the conference level would be against crosstown rival Baldwin Wallace Saturday morning at the Medical Mutual Tennis Pavilion at Cleveland State. The Yellow Jackets were 9-2 and had just lost a 5-4 decision to another contender for the crown, Mount Union.

Using a 2-1 advantage in doubles play as the springboard, the Blue Streaks won their 23rd consecutive OAC regular season match by a 7-2 count over Baldwin Wallace.

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Andy Siciliano and David Sinense set the tone with an 8-0 win at #2 doubles, and was followed across the finish line by the #3 tandem of Adi Jha and Tyler Cole, who won by an 8-5 score.

The #1 double match looked disastrous for John Carroll as the Blue Streaks duo of Dillon O'Brien and Gustavo Garcia fell behind 6-1. But a furious rally forced a tiebreaker, where the Yellow Jackets top team of Dominic Polifrone and Matt Harris eventually prevailed by a 7-3 score.

In singles play, Siciliano was once again dominant, closing his #4 match out 6-0 6-0. Scott Adsit was strong as well, winning 6-2 6-2 at #6 singles. 

JCU secured the win when Sinense emerged with a 6-1 6-2 win at #2 singles. 

Tyler Cole won the only other match that finished, beating his opponent at #3 singles by a 6-3 6-2 count.

There were retirements at #1 and #6 singles, one by each team.

John Carroll is now 4-7 overall and 2-0 in the OAC. JCU went 2-7 against a host of Division II and nationally ranked Division III teams in it's non-conference schedule to prepare for OAC play.