Millsaps Tennis Blog
Sewanee, Tenn. – The Millsaps Majors Men's Tennis Team traveled to Sewanee, Tennessee to take on the Piedmont Lions and the Sewanee Tigers. The Majors got a big weekend from junior Malte Schick as he picked up wins in both of his singles and doubles matches to lead Millsaps to a split this weekend.
Things got started in the doubles matches on Saturday against Piedmont. The No. 1 team of Schick and junior Adam Tilly dominated the Lions to an 8-3 win.
With doubles tied at one a piece, the final point rested in the No. 3 doubles match between senior Beau Hinton and sophomore Misa Pjevac and Piedmont's Trey Martina and Joel Silverberg. The Lions duo was serving for the match and looking to take the 2-1 advantage, but Hinton and Pjevac fought back to tie the match and then won the next two games to win the match and the huge point, 9-7.
Schick, Tilly, and senior David Bastian took care of business in the singles competition to get the Majors the huge win as they all defeated their opponents in two sets.
The Majors came back on Sunday to take on Sewanee in SCAC competition, but the Tigers outlasted the Majors and took a 6-3 win.
Schick and Tilly exploded in the No. 1 doubles match as they overpowered them to an 8-4 win. With the duo up 5-4, the Majors outlasted a long deuce to take the point and take all the momentum away from Sewanee.
Schick then went into his No. 1 singles match against Rand Jackson. After losing the first set 6-3, Schick was on fire in the next two sets as he came back and earned a 6-3 win himself to tie the match at one. He finished off Jackson in the third set as he cruised to a 6-1 win to earn Millsaps the point.
Bastian added the third point for Millsaps as he defeated Grant Hopkins, 6-4, 6-2.
The Majors are back in action this weekend as they travel to Birmingham to take on the Southwestern Pirates and the Birmingham-Southern Panthers in conference play.
Millsaps 5 Piedmont 4
No. 1 Doubles; Malte Schick and Adam Tilly (M) d. Moses Das and Pat Steck (P); 8-3
No. 2 Doubles; Nick Hallberg and Chris Davidson (P) d. Charles Rees and Davis Bastian (M); 8-6
No. 3 Doubles; Beau Hinton and Misa Pjevac (M) d. Trey Martin and Joel Silverberg (P); 9-7
No. 1 Singles; Schick (M) d. Das (P); 6-0, 6-2
No. 2 Singles; Bastian (M) d. Silverberg (P); 6-1,6-1
No. 3 Singles; Tilly (M) d. Steck (P); 6-4, 6-3
No. 4 Singles; Hallberg (P) d. Rees (M); 6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (10-6)
No. 5 Singles; Davidson (P) d. Pjevac (M); 6-0, 6-1
No. 6 Singles; Jay Evans (P) d. Hinton (M); 6-2, 6-1
Sewanee 6 Millsaps 3
No. 1 Doubles; Malte Schick and Adam Tilly (M) d. Levi Joy and Patrick Hopkins (S); 8-4
No. 2 Doubles; Rand Jackson and Alex Cooper (S) d. Charles Rees and Davis Bastian (M); 8-2
No. 3 Doubles; Aaron Cotton and David Human (S) d. Beau Hinton and Misa Pjevac (M); 8-5
No. 1 Singles; Schick (M) d. Jackson (S); 3-6, 6-3, 6-1
No. 2 Singles; Bastian (M) d. Hopkins (S); 6-4,6-2
No. 3 Singles; Joy (S) d. Tilly (M); 6-0, 6-0
No. 4 Singles; Cotton (S) d. Rees (M); 6-0, 6-0
No. 5 Singles; Human (S) d. Pjevac (M); 6-1, 6-3
No. 6 Singles; Cooper (S) d. Hinton (M); 6-1, 6-0
