The Capital University men's tennis team recently completed its spring break trip in Orlando, Fla., with a 1-5 team record. The Crusaders competed against five schools and compiled a 14-40 cumulative individual match record. The team's sole victory was a 5-4 win against Hanover (Ind.).
Capital commenced the trip on Sunday, Feb. 26, against Augustana (Ill.) with 9-0 loss.
The team had much more success against its second opponent of the day even though they lost a close match against Alma (Mich.) 5-4. Freshman Kenny Duncan (Poland, Ohio) (6-3, 6-1) and junior Doug Gugel-Bryant (Lancaster, Ohio) (5-7, 6-4, 6-4) contributed singles victories, while Duncan and senior Tommy Stein (Clyde, Ohio) (8-3) and junior John Murray (Bolingbrook, Ill.) and Gugel-Bryant (9-8 (7-5)) had doubles victories.
On Monday, Capital fell to Concordia Moorhead (Minn.) 7-2. Capital's two victories were singles wins from Gugel-Bryant, who won by default, and freshman Adrian Tolentino (3-6, 6-4, 6-3).
Capital lost to Wartburg (Iowa) the following afternoon 8-1. The lone victory for the Crusaders was contributed in singles by Tolentino (6-1, 7-5).
The Crusaders finished their spring break trip on a high note with their only victory of the tournament on Tuesday evening against Hanover. Capital swept the doubles matches with match wins by Duncan/Stein (8-6), Murray/Gugel-Bryant (8-5) and Tolentino/freshman Josh Dotson (Temperance, Mich.) (8-2).
Capital was able to win two out of the six singles matches against Hanover. The two match wins were contributed by Stein (6-2, 3-6, 10-7) and Dotson (6-4, 6-2).
Stein, Dotson, Gugel-Bryant and Tolentino each won two single matches and Duncan/Stein and Murray Gugel-Bryant each had two doubles match victories throughout the trip.
The Crusaders' next match will be against Earlham in Richmond, Ind., on March 7, at 4:30 p.m.
