KING'S TENNIS DOWNS ARCADIA TO CLINCH PLAYOFF BERTH

WILKES-BARRE -- The King's College men's tennis team built a 3-0 lead after doubles then clinched the match by winning five-of-six singles contests as the Monarchs clinched a Freedom Conference playoff berth with a 8-1 victory over Arcadia University Saturday at 1:00 p.m. at Kirby Park.

With the win, King's improved to 10-8 overall and 2-3 in conference play. Arcadia, meanwhile, fell to 1-8 and 1-4.

Jon Hand, Blake Bonser, David Kaluzavich, and David Boe were all winners in both doubles and singles for the Monarchs. Joe Guza added a win in singles while Povl Schmidt teamed with Boe and Nick Hojsack joined forces with Hand to register doubles victories for the Monarchs.

King's is slated to travel to face Neumann College Sunday at 1:00 p.m. in Aston


King's College 8, Arcadia 1

Singles competition:
1. Tim Fitzgerald (A) def. Nick Hojsack (K) 6-2, 6-1
2. Johnathan Hand (K) def. Danny Ly (A) 6-0, 6-4
3. Blake Bonser (K) def. Adrell Dalsan (A) 6-3, 6-1
4. David Kaluzavich (K) def. Bart Blankenship (A) 6-4, 3-6, 10-7
5. David Boe (K) def. Mike Catalano (A) 6-4, 6-3
6. Joe Guza (K) def. James Liu (A) 7-6, 7-5

Doubles competition:
1. Nick Hojsack/Johnathan Hand (K) def. Bart Blankenship/Tim Fitzgerald (A) 8-4
2. David Kaluzavich/Blake Bonser (K) def. Danny Ly/Adrell Dalsan (A) 8-3
3. David Boe/Povl Schmidt (K) def. Mike Catalano/James Liu (A) 8-2

Match Notes:
Arcadia 1-8/1-4
King's College 10-8/2-3