COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Spring Hill College (SHC) men's tennis team opened the 2018 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC) Cluster on Thursday with a 6-3 victory over the host Benedict College (BC) Tigers (3-6, 0-1 SIAC) in the morning match and a 9-0 win versus the Lane College (LC) Dragons (0-2, 0-1 SIAC) in the afternoon contest.
 
Spring Hill College 6, Benedict College 3
 
Singles competition
1. Cedric Nitz (SHC) def. Nikola Aleksic (BC) 6-3, 6-1
2. Quentin Eloise (BC) def. Lars Bajohr (SHC) 6-2, 7-6
3. Taj Ballantyne (BC) def. Kurt Shiell (SHC) 4-6, 6-4 (10-3)
4. Julius Mutetna (BC) def. Chris Mines (SHC) 6-2, 6-2
5. Ricardo Pena (SHC) def. Armando Flores (BC) 6-4, 7-5
6. Andrew Risley (SHC) def. Scott Perrin (BC) 6-0, 6-1
 
Doubles competition
1. Bajohr/Nitz (SHC) def. Aleksic/Eloise (BC) 9-7
2. Shiell/Pena (SHC) def. Ballantyne/Mutetna (BC) 9-7
3. Mines/Risley (SHC) def. Flores/Perrin (BC) 9-7
 
 
Spring Hill College 9, Lane College 0
 
Singles competition
1. Cedric Nitz (SHC) def. JOHNSON, Bryce (LC) 6-0, 6-0
2. Lars Bajohr (SHC) def. JUAN-PENA, Vicente (LC) 6-0, 6-0
3. Kurt Shiell (SHC) def. BILLINGS, Ryan (LC) 10-0
4. Chris Mines (SHC) def. BEOOL, Mohammad (LC) 10-2
5. Andrew Risley (SHC) def. HENDERSON,Marcus (LC) 6-0, 6-0
6. Ferdinand Amanor (SHC) def. No player (LC), by walkover
 
Doubles competition
1. Bajohr/Nitz (SHC) def. JOHNSON/JUAN-PENA (LC) 8-0
2. Amanor/Shiell (SHC) def. BILLINGS/BEOOL (LC) 8-0
3. Risley/Mines (SHC) def. HENDERSON/No player (LC), by walkover
 
The Badgers (2-1, 2-0 SIAC) remain in Columbia on Friday to continue play in the SIAC Cluster beginning with the Fort Valley State University (FVSU) Wildcats at 9 a.m.