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Alma Opens Pre-Season With Loss To Grand Rapids C.C.

ALMA, Mich. - The Alma College men’s tennis team lost an early season, indoor match to Grand Rapids Community College, 8-1, on Feb. 12.

The Scots showed their youth in a loss to a tough GRCC team. Alma’s raw talent was evident on several occasions that included sustained rallies and spectacular winners. However, they were unable to limit unforced errors or sustain their intensity for the duration of the match.

Doubles proved a strength as the Scots picked up their lone point at the number two doubles spot and lost a heartbreaker at the number three doubles spot in a tie breaker.

Alma returns to competition Saturday (Feb. 19) when it hosts Eastern Michigan’s Club Team at the Stone Recreation Center Indoor Courts at 1 p.m.

Singles
Javier Sanchez (GRCC) def. Shawn Bolton (ALMA), 6-2, 6-1
Brent DeBack (GRCC) def. Ryan Kelly (ALMA), 6-3, 6-3
Cort Kleinheksel (GRCC) def. Nick Green (ALMA), 6-4, 6-3
Kai Heerlinga (GRCC) def. Tristan Wilson (ALMA), 6-3, 6-4
Scott Grams (GRCC) def. Erik Larsen (ALMA), 6-0, 6-0
Tim Clark (GRCC) def. Jim Lunde (ALMA), 6-0, 6-2

Doubles
Sanchez/Kleinheksel (GRCC) def. Bolton/Kelly (ALMA), 8-2
Green/Wilson (ALMA) def. Alex Livingston/Heerlinga (GRCC), 8-6
Grams/DeBack (GRCC) def. Larsen/Lunde (ALMA), 9-8 (7-2)
 

Posted: Mon, February 14th, 2005 at 12:23AM

 

Alma is one of seven Michigan colleges and universities to hold membership in the Omicron Delta Kappa Society, the national leadership society that recognizes and encourages superior scholarship, leadership and exemplary character. The College also has 19 other national departmental honor societies.

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Coach Profile

Terry Smith

Terry Smith

Smith graduated from Michigan State University with a B.S. in Physical Education in 1984. After graduating, Smith got his start in coaching when he was the boy’s basketball coach at Fulton High School while working as a teacher at Ithaca High School. From there he moved to Cedar Springs High School were he coached and taught and won his first district championship in 1987.

The following year, Coach Smith got his first taste of coaching in the college ranks when he was an assistant men’s basketball coach at Ferris State University and was part of the team that won a GLIAC Championship and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA DII Tournament.

After a year at FSU, Coach Smith left for Lake Superior State University where he served for three years as an assistant coach before being promoted to the head coach position in 1991. In five years time, Coach Smith had turned around the LSSU program. In 1996 his team won the first League Championship for LSSU since joining the GLIAC in 1978. During this time, Coach Smith also earned his M.A. in Physical Education from Central Michigan University.

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