SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – The Evangel men's tennis team dropped a close matchup on Friday (Feb. 18) afternoon, falling to John Brown University, 3-4.

Evangel took one in the doubles portion of the afternoon with a Daryl Wong/James McIlwraith win versus Logan Wheeler/Blake Cunningham (6-4). The Valor fell in two other matches with a Jacob Grosz/Sidney Dollar loss to Hudson Dick/Woody Woodring (3-6) and Jarrett Teel/Andres Robles fell in doubles to Carson Thoma/Isaac Jordan (4-6)

Dollar and McIlwraith avenged their doubles loss with singles wins against Wheeler (6-2, 6-0) and Thoma (6-1, 6-1), respectively. Grosz fell to Dick (0-6, 2-6) as well as Wong falling to Woodring (3-6, 6-2, 4-10). Teel grabbed the final victory of the day for the Valor in a thriller, defeating Cunningham (6-4, 4-6, 10-4), and Robles fell to Jordan (2-6, 2-6).

Doubles Results

Hudson Dick/Woody Woodring (JBU) def. Jacob Grosz/Sidney Dollar (EU), 3-6

Daryl Wong/James McIlwraith (EU) def. Logan Wheeler/Blake Cunningham (JBU), 6-4

Carson Thoma/Isaac Jordan (JBU) def. Jarrett Teel/Andres Robles (EU), 4-6

Singles Results

Sidney Dollar (EU) def. Logan Wheeler (JBU), 6-2, 6-0

James McIlwraith (EU) def. Carson Thoma (JBU), 6-1, 6-1

Hudson Dick (JBU) def. Jacob Grosz (EU), 0-6, 2-6

Woody Woodring (JBU) def. Daryl Wong (EU), 3-6, 6-2, 4-10

Jarrett Teel (EU) def. Blake Cunningham (JBU), 6-4, 4-6, 10-4

Isaac Jordan (JBU) def. Andres Robles (EU), 2-6, 2-6

Up Next

Evangel's men's tennis team will head to Siloam Springs, Ark. to take on Bethel next Saturday (Feb. 26).

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