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Men's Tennis

Scots Pick Up Non-Conference Victory at Defiance

ALMA, Mich. - The Alma College men's tennis team improved to 4-1 on the season with a 6-3 win against Defiance College Friday evening. The Scots saw strong performances at all spots, highlighted by Chris Noel's (Wyandotte/Roosevelt) first win at one singles and singles wins at two, five and six singles in addition to a sweep in doubles action.

FULL RESULTS
Alma 6, Defiance 3
Singles
1. Chris Noel (ALMA) def. Tim Kurtz (DEF), 8-5
2. Daniel Fraser (ALMA) def. Cody Nash (DEF), 8-3
3. Ashton Converse (DEF) def. Josh Sanders (ALMA), 8-3
4. Tyler Ault (DEF) def. Alex Montoye (ALMA), 8-3
5. Tom Hardin (ALMA) def. Nate Schwarzbek (DEF), 8-2
6. Mike Mack (DEF) def. David Bechtold (ALMA), 8-4

Doubles
1. Noel/Fraser def. Kurtz/Nash 8-2
2. Sanders/Hardin def. Ault/Converse, 8-6
3. Seymoure/Montoye def. Schwarzbek/Mack, 8-2

Alma returns to competition Saturday with matches through the weekend and in to Monday afternoon.

 

The Alma College Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) team claimed its eighth consecutive regional championship at the SIFE USA Regional Competition in March 2008. The competition awards the SIFE teams that are most effective in teaching the principals of market economics through outreach projects in their communities.

 

Coach Profile

Gordon Aldrich

Gordon Aldrich was a late addition to the Alma College Coaching Staff in the summer of 2007. Coach Aldrich has joined the Alma College Family as the Cross Country and Track and Field Head Coach.

During his 26 years as a varsity Boy’s and Girl’s Cross Country Coach, Aldrich has won a Girls Open State Championship (1978), a Girls State Championship (1995), two Boy’s State Championships (1994, 1997), and was Runner-up on seven other occasions. During the same time, Aldrich coached teams to 17 conference championships, was nominated for the Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association Coach of the Year 12 times for cross country, and walked away with the award four times (1994, 1995, 1996, and 1998). He was also named the Boy’s Cross Country National Coach of the Year in 1999 by the National Federation Interscholastic Coaches Association.

Aldrich was also honored with Michigan High School Coaches Association Track Coach of the Year in 1985 and 1998, and has received the Charles Sweeney Michigan Coaches Hall of Fame Track and Field Award.