INDIANAPOLIS – The Marian men's tennis team picked up their first win of the spring season on Sunday as they defeated Georgetown College 5-2 at the Indy Healthplex. Marian's record on the season is 7-5 with the win.

The Knights jumped out to an early lead taking the doubles point. Ashwin Bhat and Jake Giles picked up the first win at the No. 3 spot, winning 6-2 over Chase Hechemy and Andrew Kennedy, while at No. 1 doubles, Jacob Wittenbaum and Jared Thomas fell to Parker Clarke and Tsugu Hirose 6-3. With the score even, Mark Griffin and Jona Henze defeated Logan Smallwood and Leo Schrimer 7-5 at No. 2 to clinch the doubles point.

Marian continued to battle after doubles, picking up four of the six singles points. Dmitrii Voshchenkov claimed the first win at No. 3 singles as he won in straight sets, 6-3, 6-0 over Clarke, followed by Griffin at the No. 1 spot who defeated Maxcene Barriere 6-2, 6-3. Georgetown got their first singles win at No. 2 with Henze falling 6-4, 7-5, but Bhat clinched the win for the Knights after he won 6-3, 6-3 over Stephen Taylor. Gavin Dardeen got the last point as he took down Smallwood 6-0, 6-2 at No. 6 singles, before Max Sternberg fell 6-2, 7-6 (10-5) to Hirose.

Marian will play IU East on Sunday at the Indy Healthplex with the match starting at 3 p.m.

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