The Spring Hill College men's tennis team opened the 2015 season with a 6-3 conference victory over Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) opponent Stillman College on Friday afternoon at the Mobile Tennis Center.

The Badgers (1-0; 1-0 SIAC) led the Tigers (0-1; 0-1 SIAC) by a score of 2-1 after doubles play with a loss on the No. 1 Court and earned a 4-2 score in singles play with the only losses coming on Courts Nos. 2 and 3. The match-clinching 5^th point came when freshman Nick Cruz of Foley, Ala., earned a 6-4, 6-0 victory in his debut collegiate tennis event.

Singles:
1. Alejandro Hastings Oro (SHC) def. Joan Sanson (SC) 6-2, 7-5
2. Yonwaba Pupuma (SC) def. Sebastian Arias (SHC) 6-3, 4-6, 6-2
3. A. Fernandez Esteban (SC) def. Daniel Piper (SHC) 7-5, 6-4
4. Lars Bajohr (SHC) def. F. Garcia-Heredia (SC) 6-0, 6-1
5. Ruben Nick Cruz (SHC) def. Jose Pojasi (SC) 6-4, 6-0
6. Martin Jaramillo (SHC) def. Edward Symmonett (SC) 6-0, 6-2

Doubles:
1. Pupuma/Pojasi (SC) def. Arias/Bajohr (SHC) 8-4
2. Andrew Risley/Jaramillo (SHC) def. Esteban/Sanson (SC) 8-6
3. Piper/Cruz (SHC) def. Garcia-Heredia/Symmonett (SC) 8-2

Spring Hill next plays a non-conference match versus the University of North Alabama Lions on Saturday, February 14, at 11 a.m. in Pensacola, Fla.