The Malone University men's tennis team collected its first victory of the 2012-13 season with a 5-4 win at Ohio Wesleyan University on Saturday.  With the non-conference win, the Pioneers improved to 1-4 overall on the year and remained at 0-2 in GLIAC play while the Battling Bishops fell to 2-3 on the season.

The #1 and #2 doubles teams posted wins for Malone as did Nate Davis at #2, Alex Steinmetz at #4 and Andrew Hill at #6.  With the team score tied at 4-4 and only the #6 singles match left to be finished, the Pioneers' Hill pocketed a 6-4, 6-4 win to seal the match victory for Malone.

Scores for the match were as follows:

Singles:
     Malone                               OWU                               Winner                Score
1. Youssef ElSonbaty           Will Thieman                 OWU                   6-4, 6-7, 6-4
2. Nate Davis                         Richie Karban                Malone               6-0, 7-5
3. Vladyslav Dyenyezhka     John Rissell                   OWU                   6-0, 6-1               
4. Alex Steinmetz                  Conor Breen                   Malone               6-0, 6-0
5. Steffan Dwarkasingh       Brad Turnwald               OWU                   7-6, 6-4
6. Andrew Hill                        Austin Okray                   Malone                6-4, 6-4

Doubles:
     Malone                                  OWU                                   Winner             Score
1. Sonbaty/Davis                      Karban/Rissell                  Malone             8-4
2. Dyenyezhka/Hill                   Turnwald/Blake Brewer   Malone             8-3
3. Steinmetz/Dwarkasingh    Thieman/Breen                 OWU                 8-6                  

Malone will compete in its final match before a spring break trip to Hilton Head, South Carolina when the squad hosts Waynesburg College (PA) on Friday (March 1st) in an 8:00 p.m. match at the Green Tennis Club.