The Spring Hill College (SHC) men's tennis team opened the 2016 season with a 9-0 non-conference home loss to the Panthers of Birmingham-Southern College (BSC) at the Country Club of Mobile on Saturday morning.

The Badgers trailed the Panthers (1-0) by a 3-0 score following doubles play despite a spirited No. 3 match that BSC won in a 9-7 tiebreaker.

In singles play, the Panthers continued to roll sweeping all six courts.

Singles:
1.    Alex Makarenko (BSC) def. Alejandro Hastings Oro (SHC) 6-4; 6-2
2.    Patrick Hire (BSC) def. Lars Bajohr (SHC) 6-3; 6-1
3.    Jacob Weinacker (BSC) def. Sebastian Arias (SHC) 6-0; 6-0
4.    Anthony Pellegrini (BSC) def. Martin Jaramillo (SHC) 6-1; 6-2
5.    Lee Thompson (BSC) def. Ruben Nick Cruz (SHC) 6-1; 6-3
6.    Charlie Rowe (BSC) def. Andrew Risley (SHC) 6-4; 6-0

Doubles:
1.    Hire/Makarenko (BSC) def. Bajohr/Jaramillo (SHC) 8-1
2.    Pellegrini/Weinacker (BSC) def. Arias/Risley (SHC) 8-5
3.    Henry Crosby/ Rowe (BSC) def. Hastings Oro/Cruz (SHC) 9-7


The Badgers (0-1) travel to Tuscaloosa on Friday to face the Stillman College Tigers in a Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) match beginning at 4 p.m.