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ALMA MEN'S TENNIS DROPS 5-4 DECISION TO TRINE UNIVERSITY IN THE MIAA TOURNAMENT

The Scots Men's Tennis team took on the Trine Thunder on Friday in the final day of the 2009 MIAA Tournament and dropped a 5-4 decision. Alma finished the tournament in sixth place. Below you will see the results of the Scots' two matches and have access to the tournament website.

2009 MIAA MEN’S TENNIS TOURNAMENT
FIFTH PLACE GAME

Trine 5, Alma 4

SINGLES:

1. Brett Becker (T) d. Dan Fraser 4-6, 6-2, 6-4;
2. Kace Lovejoy (A) d. Tim Buchmeier 6-1, 7-6 (4);
3. Nick Gartska (T) d. Alex Montoye 7-5, 6-4;
4. Brad Wood (T) d. Mark Stuart 6-3, 6-7 (4), 6-4;
5. Issa Salsa (T) d. Zach Kerr 7-5, 7-6 (6);
6. Ben Schippers (A) d. Mario Bunardi 4-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4).

DOUBLES:

1. Fraser-Lovejoy (A) d. Becker-Wood 8-5;
2. Garstka-Buchmeier (T) d. Montoye-Stuart 8-2;
3. Kerr-Schippers (A) d. Salsa-Gullete 9-7.

Albion 5, Alma 0 (indoors at DTC)

SINGLES: 1. Ben Miller (AB) vs. Dan Fraser (AM), play suspended when match decided; 2. Brent Parshall (AB) versus Kace Lovejoy (AM), play suspended when match decided; 3. Chris Atallah (AB) d. Alex Montoye (AM) 6-1, 6-0; 4. Danny Frank (AB) versus Mark Stuart (AM), play suspended when match decided; 5. Chris Tapping (AB) d. Zach Kerr (AM) 6-1, 6-2; 6. Adam Brown (AB) versus Ben Schippers (AM), play suspended when match decided.

DOUBLES: 1. Ben Miller/Brent Parshall (AB) d. Dan Fraser/Kace Lovejoy (AM) 8-4; 2. Chris Atallah/Danny Frank (AB) d. Mark Stuart/Alex Montoye (AM) 8-3; 3. Adam Brown/Johnny Vinson (AB) d. Zach Kerr/Ben Schippers (AM) 8-1.

 For the 2009 MIAA Men's Tennis Tournament website, click HERE.

 

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Coach Profile

Chris Hamstra

Chris Hamstra

Coach Hamstra graduated from Hope College in 2004 with a B.A. in Accounting. During his time at Hope, Hamstra was a four year student-athlete, received All-MIAA honors and was also named to the All-American team. Hamstra was also a member of MIAA Championship teams and brings that winning attitude and work ethic to his new position.

After graduation, Hamstra served as an assistant coach for Hope’s Swimming and Diving Program under Dr. John Patnott. Hamstra credits Dr. Patnott with helping him to understand the science of swimming and also the importance of season long work out plans. “As an assistant in his program, I was given the freedom to implement my own workouts into the system, providing me with insight into what it takes to develop season long plans.”