Playing in their final regular season match with a chance to win the LHC outright, the Pella boys tennis team suffered their first conference loss falling at Grinnell 6-5.

The Little Dutch dropped five of the six singles matches with their only win coming from Jacob Martin who won in straight sets including a tiebreaker win in the first set before winning 6-0 in the second. The Little Dutch then won four of the five doubles matches. Pella finishes the regular season 7-2 and 6-1 in the LHC and finishes in a three way tie for the LHC championship along with Grinnell and Oskaloosa. The Little Dutch are now off until Monday when they compete in the LHC meet at Grinnell.

SINGLES

1 Jared Gerber lost vs. Charlie Wilhelm 2-6, 1-6
2: Max Wesemann lost vs. Tim Kahl 5-7, 6-3, 9-11
3: Mac Van Zante lost vs. Will Hamilton 4-6, 2-6
4: Will Loux lost vs. Tyler Johnson 2-6, 3-6
5: Jacob Martin won vs. Braden Brown 7-6 (11-9), 6-0
6: Justin Buzick lost vs. Eric Thomson 4-6, 3-6

DOUBLES
1 Gerber/ Wesemann won vs. Johnson/ Kahl 6-2, 6-1
2: Van Zante/ Loux lost vs. Hamilton/ Wilhelm 0-6, 1-6
3: Martin/ Buzick won vs. Cheuy/ Henderson 6-0, 6-2
4: Ric Williamson/ Brannon Johnson won vs. Brown/ Menner 4-6, 6-0, 10-3
5: Jakob Martisovits/ Nick Van Gorp won vs. Thomson/ Irlend 3-6, 6-4, 10-7

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