GREENCASTLE, Ind. – The Marian men's tennis team picked up their 11th win of the season after defeating DePauw Wednesday night 6-3. The Knights move to 11-7 on the season with the win.

Today's match was played by NCAA rules in which the match was a nine-point match where all three doubles point count and there are eight game pro sets instead of just one six game set.

Marian fell behind 3-0 as DePauw picked up all three doubles points. Ashwin Bhat and Jones McNamar fell 8-5 to Cole Metzger and Hudson Mosher at No. 2 doubles, before Andrew Ilett and Jona Henze dropped 8-6 to Finley Buelte and Jake Watson at the No. 3 spot. At No. 1 doubles, Mark Griffin and Shadi Al Tori put up a hard-fought match but eventually fell 8-7 (8-6) to Thomas Partridge and Ryan McCook.

After trailing 3-0, the Knights dominated in singles action as McNamar picked up the first win at No. 6 singles, downing Grayson Zylstra 6-2, 6-2. Ilett finished next for Marian at the No. 3 spot winning in straight sets 6-2, 6-4 against Jake Louiselle, while Dmitrii Voshchenkov won 6-4, 7-5 over Buelte at No. 2 singles. Griffin grabbed the 6-3, 7-6 (8-6) victory at No. 1 singles against Partridge, followed by Bhat winning 6-4, 6-2 at the No. 4 spot over McCook. Henze won at No. 5 singles to sweep the singles for Marian after he defeated Metzger 1-6, 7-6 (8-6), 6-1.

Marian returns to the courts on Saturday when they make the trip to Oakland City for the 12 p.m. match.

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