HUNTINGTON, Ind. – The Goshen College men's tennis team returned to .500 on the young season with a 7-2 loss to host Huntington University Saturday afternoon.

"We lost to a good Huntington team today by a 7-2 score, though the match seemed closer than the score suggests," 14th-year head coach Stan King explained.

The Maple Leafs only victories came in the No. 3 doubles and No. 5 singles spots.  Junior Krishnan Ganesan was instrumental in both, taking a 7-5, 4-6, 10-8 decision in singles and partnered with freshman Thiago Amaral to come back from 4-3 down to win 8-5 in doubles.

Leading 2-1 after doubles, Huntington took the first three singles matches on the courts to secure the team win.  Balasz Pirot lost his first singles match of the year at No. 2 singles at Csaba Laszlo lost a three-set battle in the top spot.  In another tight match, Jon Kaasa lost 6-4, 7-6 (2) at No. 3 singles.

"Csaba did a great job of knotting his match up at a set apiece," King said.  "His opponent, Vlad Khudziy, has been arguably the best player in the conference the past two years.  Jon also played a very close match at number three singles."

Goshen (2-2, 2-2 CL) are back on the courts when they host Spring Arbor University at 4 p.m. Tuesday.

COMPLETE RESULTS
Huntington 7, Goshen 2

DOUBLES:
1.    Khudziy/Hangria (H) def Laszlo/Pirot 8-5
2.    Straznicky/Inurritegui H) def Kaasa/Buschert 8-2
3.    Amaral/Ganesan (G) def Sparks/Bhalla 8-5

SINGLES:
1.    Vlad Khudziy (H) def Csaba Laszlo 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
2.    Jose Hungria (H) def Balazs Pirot 6-4, 6-4
3.    Joseph Straznicky (H) def Jon Kaasa 6-4, 7-6(2)
4.    Diego Inurritegui (H) def Thiago Amaral 6-2, 6-1
5.    Krishnan Ganesan (G) def Zack Sparks 7-5, 4-6, 10-8
6.    Arjun Bhalla (H) def Daniel Buschert 6-3, 6-4

EXHIBITION:
Seth Krabill (G) def Jacob Cross 8-1
Adam Weaver (G) def Matthew Wilcox 8-5
Krabill/Weaver (G) def Cross/Wilcox 8-3