McCurdy has been named to the HCAC 1st Team and Witt has been named honorable mention. McCurdy played No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles for the Ravens this season. Witt played No. 6 singles and No. 3 doubles as a freshman this year for AU.

McCurdy was also named to the All-HCAC Sportsmanship Team for the 2009 season.

AU finished the season 3-6 overall and 3-5 in the HCAC, losing to Rose-Hulman in the HCAC Championships last weekend.

Ben Wilson and Addison Witt scored the Ravens’ two points in the match. Wilson won at No. 3 singles in straight sets (7-6, 6-0) and Witt was victorious at No. 6 singles in three sets (7-5, 3-6, 10-5).

AU finishes the season 3-7 overall and 3-5 in the HCAC.

ROSE-HULMAN 7, ANDERSON 2

Singles - 1. Kurtz (D) def. Kai McCurdy, 6-3, 6-7, 10-6; 2. Ault (D) def. Chris Rowe, 6-0, 6-0; 3. Ben Wilson (A) def. Kleman, 7-6, 6-0; 4. Fausey (D) def. Jake Banwert, 6-1, 6-0; 5. Ault (D) def. Zach McCurdy, 6-1, 6-0; 6. Addison Witt (A) def. Cottos, 7-5, 3-6, 10-5.

Doubles - 1. Kurtz/Kleman (D) def. K. McCurdy/Rowe, 8-6; 2. Ault/Fausey (D) def. Wilson/Banwert, 8-6; 3. Ault/Bratton (D) def. Z. McCurdy/Witt, 8-3.

Ben Wilson won at both singles and doubles to lead the Ravens on Saturday. He won at No. 3 singles (3-6, 6-1, 10-7) and also at No. 2 doubles with Jake Banwert (9-7).

AU (3-6, 3-5 HCAC) travels to the HCAC Championships on Saturday at the Indy Racquet Club. AU will be the No. 6 seed and play the No. 3 seed at 11 a.m.

ROSE-HULMAN 7, ANDERSON 2

Singles - 1. Scott Grubbs (RH) def. Kai McCurdy, 6-3, 6-3; 2. Michael Schoymacher (RH) def. Chris Rowe, NS; 3. Ben Wilson (A) def. Alex Gymz, 3-6, 6-1, 10-7; 4. David Becerra (RH) def. Jake Banwert, 6-4, 6-2; 5. Seth Hendrickson (RH) def. Zach McCurdy, 6-1, 6-2; 6. Brent Frizzell (RH) def. Addison Witt, 6-4, 6-0.

Doubles - 1. Grubbs/Schoymacher (RH) def. K. McCurdy/Rowe, 8-4; 2. Wilson/Banwert (A) def. Gumz/Becerra, 9-7; 3. Hendrickson/Lemmer (RH) def. Z. McCurdy/Witt, 8-1.

Against Defiance, Addison Witt was victorious at No. 6 singles, defeating Lachmond Bratton; 4-6, 7-6, 10-6. Witt also scored the only Raven point in the Transylvania match, defeating Trevor Scott, 6-2 and 6-2.

AU (3-5, 3-4 HCAC) hosts Rose-Hulman on Saturday at noon.

Transylvania def. Anderson; 8-1

Doubles - No. 1 – Palmer/Herron (TU) def. K. McCurdy/Rowe; 8-0; No. 2 – Gammon/Henderson (TU) def. Wilson/Banwert; 8-4; No. 3 – Main/Clayton (TU) def.Z. McCurdy/Witt; 8-3

Singles - No. 1 – Will Palmer (TU) def. Kai McCurdy; 6-2, 6-0; No. 2 – Lee Gammon (TU) def. Chris Rowe; 6-4, 6-2; No. 3 – Keith Henderson (TU) def. Ben Wilson; 2-6, 7-6, 11-9; No. 4 – Kyle Clayton (TU) def. Jake Banwert; 6-3, 6-3; No. 5 – Dalton Main (TU) def. Zach McCurdy; 6-2, 6-0; No. 6 – Addison Witt (AU) def. Trevor Scott; 6-2, 6-2.

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Defiance def. Anderson; 8-1

Doubles - No. 1 – Ty. Ault/Fausey (DC) def. K. McCurdy/Rowe; 8-1; No. 2 – Kurtz/Kleman (DC) def. Wilson/Banwert; 8-5; No. 3 – Tr. Ault/Bratton (DC) def. Z. McCurdy/Witt; 8-1.

Singles - No. 1 – Tim Kurtz (DC) def. Kai McCurdy; 6-4, 5-7, 10-8; No. 2 – Tyler Ault (DC) def. Chris Rowe; 6-0, 6-4; No. 3 – Austin Kleman (DC) def. Ben Wilson; 6-4, 6-4; No. 4 – Adam Fausey (DC) def. Jake Banwert; 6-0, 6-1; No. 5 – Trevor Ault (DC) def. Zach McCurdy; 6-0, 6-0; No. 6 – Addison Witt (AU) def. Lachmond Bratton; 4-6, 7-6, 10-6.

Ben Wilson (No. 3), Jake Banwert (No. 4) and Zach McCurdy (No. 5) all won in singles to account for the Ravens scoring.

AU (3-3, 3-2 HCAC) travel to Defiance on Saturday for a three-way meet with the Yellow Jackets and Transylvania at noon.

Kai McCurdy led the Ravens with four victories, including two each in No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles.

Chris Rowe also won all four of his matches, teaming with McCurdy at No. 1 doubles and winning twice at No. 2 singles.

Jake Banwort (No. 3 singles) and Addison Witt (No. 4 singles) accounted for the other two points in the Manchester match.

AU (3-2, 3-1 HCAC) travels to Franklin on Saturday at noon.

RESULTS

ANDERSON 5, MANCHESTER 4

Doubles - 1.  McCurdy/ Rowe(AU)  def Walker/Tkacs(MC) 9-7; 2. Ridoutt/Beedle(MC) def  Banwort /Witt(AU)   9-7; 3. Patterson/ Schutte(MC)  def  Hoffman/Boscaini(AU) 8-4.

Singles - 1. Kia McCurdy(AU) def Josh Walker(MC) 3-6, 6-0, 11-9; 2. Chris Rowe(AU) def Andrew Tkacs(MC) 6-1, 7-6, tiebreaker 7-2; 3. Jake Banwort(AU) def Jeremy Patterson(MC) 2-6, 6-3, 10-8; 4. Addison Witt(AU) def Piero Ridoutt(MC) 6-3, 6-0; 5. Dan Beedle(MC) def Jeremy Hoffman(AU) 6-2, 6-1; 6. Dustin Schutte(MC) def Fede Boscaini(AU) 6-4, 6-4.

ANDERSON 9, MT. ST. JOSEPH 0
Doubles - 1.  McCurdy/ Rowe(AU)  def Combs/Finamore(MSJ) 8-1; 2. Banwort/Witt(AU) def Smith/Faust(MSJ) 8-3; 3. Hoffman/Boscaini(AU) def Hinken/Rickert(MSJ) 8-3.

Singles - 1. Kia McCurdy(AU) def Kyle Smith(MSJ) 6-3, 6-4; 2. Chris Rowe(AU) def Price Combs(MSJ) 6-0, 6-0; 3. Jake Banwort(AU) def Dustin Hinken(MSJ) 6-1, 6-1; 4. Addison Witt(AU) def Jacob Faust(MSJ) 6-0, 6-1; 5. Jeremy Hoffman(AU) def Shawn Finamore(MSJ) 6-0, 7-6; 6. Stephen Harkleroad(AU) def Tim Moody(MSJ) 6-0, 6-3.

Against Bluffton, Kai McCurdy won at No. 1 singles and No. 1 doubles and Zach McCurdy (No. 4 singles, No. 2 doubles), Jake Banwort (No. 5 singles, No. 3 doubles) and Addison Witt (No. 6 singles, No. 3 doubles) each won two matches.

Against Hanover, Ben Wilson won at No. 2 singles and No. 2 doubles and Witt also won at doubles.

Results

Anderson 7, Bluffton 2
SINGLES

1. Kai McCurdy (AU) def. Sean Williams (B) 6-2, 6-0
2. David Juarez (B) def. Chris Rowe (AU) 6-3, 6-4
3. Jon Stout (B) def. Ben Wilson (AU) 6-0, 6-0
4.  Zach McCurdy (AU) def. John Mark Stratford (B) 6-3, 6-2
5. Jake Banwort (AU) def. Luke Roeschley (B) 6-2, 6-3
6. Addison Witt (AU) def. Nate Stroud (B) 7-5, 6-2

DOUBLES

1. K. McCurdy/Rowe (AU) def. Stout/Juarez (B) 8-5
2. Wilson/Z. McCurdy (AU) def. Williams/Stratford (B) 8-2
3. Banwort/Witt (AU) def. Andrew Martin/Kendall Church (B) 8-0

Hanover 5, Anderson 4
SINGLES
1. S. Craig (HC) def. Kai McCurdy (AU) 7-5, 6-3
2. A. Holtman (HC) def. Chris Rowe (AU) 6-2, 6-0
3. Ben Wilson (AU) def. S. Pollom (HC) 6-0, 6-1
4. B. Voorhorst (HC) def. Zach McCurdy (AU) 6-3, 6-1
5. K. Bohnert (HC) def. Jake Banwort (AU) 4-6, 6-4, 11-9
6. Addison Witt (AU) def. M. Strandmark (HC) 6-1, 6-0

DOUBLES
1. K. McCurdy/Rowe (AU) def. Craig/Holtman (HC) 8-1
2. Wilson/Z. McCurdy (AU) def. Pollom/Voorhorst (HC) 8-6
3. Bohnert/Strandmark (HC) def. Banwort/Witt (AU) 8-3

Tim Cantwell and Chris Rowe accounted for the lone Raven point at No. 1 doubles. The duo defeated Michael Schoumacher and Scott Grubbs 8-5.

Nate Turner was named All-Conference for the 2008 season. Turner played No. 2 singles and No. 3 doubles during the season for the Ravens.

The Ravens finished the season 3-5 overall and 3-5 in the HCAC.

DOUBLES
1 - Cantwell/Rowe (AU) def. Schoumacher/Grubbs, 8-5

2 - Becerra/Alex Gumz (R-H) def. K. McCurdy/Z. McCurdy, 8-4

3 - Brent Frizzell/Hendrickson (R-H) def. Kyle Mountsier/Turner, 8-4

The Anderson University men’s tennis team dropped a pair of Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference matches on Tuesday, losing to Transylvania 6-0 and host Defiance 6-3 in Defiance, Ohio.

Against the Yellow Jackets, Carl Stagner won at both No. 6 singles and No. 3 doubles for the Ravens. He won his singles match 7-5, 6-1 and teamed up with Kyle Mountsier to win at doubles 8-5. The other AU point came at No. 2 singles by Nathan Turner by scores of 1-6, 6-4, 6-2.

AU (3-5, 3-5 HCAC) travels to Indianapolis on Saturday for the HCAC Chamionships.

Defiance def. Anderson; 5-3

Doubles Results

No. 1 – Kurtz/Fausey (DC) def. Cantwell/Rowe; 8-4

No. 3 – Mountsier/Stagner (AU) def. Bratton/McQuade; 8-5

Singles Results

No. 1 – Tim Kurtz (DC) def. Tim Cantwell; 7-6, 6-2

No. 2 – Nathan Turner (AU) def. Austin Kleman; 1-6, 6-4, 6-2

No. 3 – Adam Fausey (DC) def. Kai McCurdy; 6-0, 6-4

No. 4 – Lachmond Bratton (DC) def. Chris Rowe; 6-3, 7-6

No. 5 – Joe Caig (DC) def. Kyle Mountsier; 6-2, 6-1

No. 6 – Carl Stagner (AU) def. Aaron Cottos; 7-5, 6-1

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Transylvania def. Anderson; 6-0

Singles Results

No. 1 – Parker Gregory (TU) def. Tim Cantwell; 6-0, 6-0

No. 2 – Lee Gammon (TU) def. Nathan Turner; 6-0, 6-3

No. 3 – Collin St. Clair (TU) def. Kai McCurdy; 6-2, 6-2

No. 4 – Clinton Colliver (TU) def. Chris Rowe; 6-3, 6-1

No. 5 – Trevor Scott (TU) def. Kyle Mountsier; 6-0, 6-0

No. 6 – Kyle Herren (TU) def. Carl Stagner; 6-1, 6-1

Nate Turner won at No. 2 singles 6-4, 6-4 and Carl Stagner won at No. 6 singles 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 to account for the two Raven victories.

AU (3-2, 3-2 HCAC) hosts Franklin on Friday at 4 p.m.

ROSE-HULMAN 7, ANDERSON 2

SINGLES

1 - Michael Schoumacher (R) def. Tim Cantwell 7-5, 6-1; 2 - Nate Turner (A) def. Scott Grubbs 6-4, 6-4; 3 - David Beccera (R) def. Kai McCurdy 6-2, 2-6, 1-0; 4 - Seth Hendrickson (R) def. Chris Rowe 7-6, 7-5; 5 - Ryan Taylor (R) def. Zach McCurdy 6-0, 6-1; 6 - Carl Stagner (A) def. Alex Gumz 2-6, 6-2, 7-5.

DOUBLES 1 - Schoumacher/Grubbs (R) def. Cantwell/Rowe 8-6; 2 - Beccera/Taylor (R) def. K. McCurdy/Z. McCurdy 8-2; 3 - Brent Frizzell/Matt Rusin (R) def. Turner/Kyle Mountsier 9-7.