Men's Tennis
Messiah 8, Lebanon Valley 1

ANNVILLE, Pa. - In a preview of the upcoming Commonwealth Conference semifinals, top-seeded Messiah dealt Lebanon Valley an 8-1 loss in the regular-season finale on Saturday.

The Dutchmen (6-8, 3-3 CC) will turn around and visit Messiah Wednesday at 3:30 p.m. for a semifinal as the #4 seed in the tournament.

Sam Calabria secured LVC's only point, gutting out a 6-4, 7-6 (8-6) win at No. 3 singles, but LVC battled all day long as they dropped three matches in three sets. Ryan Weitzel came back from a first-set tiebreak loss to force a third but fell in a very close match with Michael Brookhart, 7-6 (5), 1-6, 7-6 (8-6). Andrew Wilson was also close, but fell 6-7 (4), 6-0, 10-7 to Devin Esch, and Cody Manmiller also went long in a 1-6, 6-3, 10-8 loss at No. 5 to Chris Brittingham.

Messiah won all three doubles flights in battles, with 8-6 scorelines at Nos. 1 and 2 and an 8-5 result at No. 3.
 

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Singles competition
1. Michael Brookhart (MESSM) def. Ryan Weitzel (LVCM) 7-6 (7-5), 1-6, 7-6 (8-6)
2. David Wichert (MESSM) def. Jordan Shankroff (LVCM) 6-3, 6-1
3. Sam Calabria (LVCM) def. Peter Shuck (MESSM) 6-4, 7-6 (8-6)
4. Devin Esch (MESSM) def. Andrew Wilson (LVCM) 6-7 (4-7), 6-0, 10-7
5. Chris Brittingham (MESSM) def. Cody Manmiller (LVCM) 1-6, 6-3, 10-8
6. Dustin Innerst (MESSM) def. Christian Grove (LVCM) 6-1, 6-0

Doubles competition
1. Michael Brookhart/David Wichert (MESSM) def. Ryan Weitzel/Jordan Shankroff (LVCM) 8-6
2. Peter Shuck/Zachary Brunner (MESSM) def. Cody Manmiller/Sam Calabria (LVCM) 8-6
3. Dustin Innerst/Michael Kovacs (MESSM) def. Jonathan Hastings/Andrew Wilson (LVCM) 8-5