Box Score Oberlin, OH- The Oberlin College men's tennis team hosted John Carroll at home for a dual match on Friday evening. Behind highly contested singles competitions, the Yeomen defeated the Blue Streaks 6-3 to improve to 3-7 on the season.
 
The No. 1 doubles team, James Dill and Grant North won a close match against JCU's Gustavo Garcia and Mark Beebe by a score of 8-6. Ben Echikson and Sebastien Naginski tried for the teams second point but were taken down to tie the match at 1-1. In the final doubles spot, Sean Billerbeck and Rohan Gold made quick work of their counterparts to close out the doubles competition, Oberlin up 2-1.
 
In singles action, Billerbeck fought a close match, earning victory in the tie breaker for a final score of 4-6, 7-5 (10-7). Dill got the No. 2 nod and won his match 6-2, 6-3 before Gold flew through for a 6-0, 6-2 victory. In a much closer dual, Sam Topper battled back from losing the first game 5-7, to win the second game and tie breaker 6-1 and 10-8, respectively. Up 5-2 and victory sealed, Naginski and North closed out the No. 5 and 6 singles spot with split victories. Naginski took the dub in 6-4, 6-1 fashion while North fell in the tie breaker, 7-5, 4-6 (3-10).
 
The Yeomen have a quick turnaround as they get back on the courts tomorrow, March 19 when they host the DePauw Tigers. The first serve is set for 2pm.

Fans can watch all home matches live on the Oberlin Sports Network. Home contests can be accessed on a TV through the official Oberlin College Sports Network app on Roku, Apple TV, and Amazon Fire TV.