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MEN'S TENNIS: Scots Lose Heartbreaker to Lake Superior State, 5-4

Mar. 27, 2008

Alma, Mi.- The Alma College Men's Tennis Team (8-3, 1-2) continued to impress today as they played DII Lake Superior State University to a 5-4 loss that could have gone either way and was so hard fought, took six and a half hours to complete.

The Scots lost the first two singles matches but rallied to win the #3, #5 amd #6 to tie things up heading into doubles action. In doubles play, all three matches went 9-7 and after a split of the number two and three matches, things were all tied up 4-4 with the #1 doubles on the court. The match was intense and the Scots looked like they would come out victorious, taking LSSU to match point. However, the Lakers fought back and won 9-7 to secure the 5-4 dual match win.

Alex Montoye (Mt. Pleasant) and Dan Fraser (Lexington/Croswell-Lexington) suppled three of the four Alma wins as they each grabbed their singles and paired up for a doubles win. Kace Lovejoy (Traverse City/West) also won his singles for the Scots.

The match was bittersweet for Head Coach Chris Sandro, "I was extremely proud with how our guys played today. Two years ago, LSSU came in here and beat us 9-0, even though we came up a little bit short, it serves as a good example of how much this team has improved.  As nice as it would have been to win this match, the true purpose of playing it was to prepare us for some of more difficult conference tests down the road like Hope and Calvin.  I hope that the experience that we gained today, will serve us well down the road."

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The Scots hit the road this weekend with a double header in Bluffton, Oh. on Saturday and a doubles tournament in Battle Creek on Sunday.

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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.

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