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Wooster Prevails Over John Carroll in Non-Conference Match

In its final tune-up before this weekend's Great Lakes Colleges Association Tournament, The College of Wooster pulled out a 6-3 decision over John Carroll University during a non-conference men's tennis contest Wednesday afternoon.

The hosts Scots (11-2) swept the doubles competition. Pat Grab and Ethan Arenstein at No. 1 and Brad Palanski and Chris Colleen at No. 3 of Wooster each prevailed by identical 8-4 scores. The closest match of the day came at No. 2, as the team of Jeremy Dominik and Matt Hoch won by a 9-8 score, including 7-5 in the tiebreaker.

Coming out on the short end at the top of the lineup, Dominik improved his season record to 9-3 with a convincing victory at No. 2 (6-1, 6-3).

The Blue Streaks (6-8) drew to within a 4-3 score taking the No. 3 and No. 4 singles' matches. However, the Scots claimed the final two points of the match with straight-set victories by Matt Mandell in the fifth slot with a 6-4, 6-0 win, and Palanski at No. 6 with scores of 6-2, 6-2.

Wooster takes on Hope College (7-5) in the first match of the GLCA Tournament on Friday morning at 8:30 a.m.