ANNVILLE, Pa. – Lebanon Valley's men's tennis team fell to the defending conference champions from Messiah by a 7-2 decision at the Shankroff Tennis Center on Saturday afternoon, April 7.
 
The visitors (2-7, 2-0 MAC Commonwealth) took all three doubles matches from the Flying Dutchmen (5-6, 1-1 MAC Commonwealth), with the team of Luke Senft and Ben Hinkley being edged by Messiah's Galen Fitzkee and Keller Martin 9-7 in the No. 3 contest.
 
A pair of Dutchmen in Blake Martin and Hinkley came away with victories in singles action, with Martin defeating Connor Graybeal 6-2, 6-3 in the second solo matchup and Hinkley going 7-5, 7-5 over Bryson Boettger in the No. 6 outing.
 
The Dutchmen return to action on Tuesday afternoon when they host MAC Commonwealth foe Hood at 3:30 p.m.

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Singles competition
1. Tim Dunn (MESSM) def. Reed Morris (LVCM) 6-1, 6-2
2. Blake Martin (LVCM) def. Connor Graybeal (MESSM) 6-2, 6-3
3. Galen Fitzkee (MESSM) def. Jordan Heavel (LVCM) 6-2, 3-6, 10-1
4. Alex Mantsevich (MESSM) def. Luke Senft (LVCM) 6-4, 7-6
5. Andrew Bookman (MESSM) def. Elliott Kleckner (LVCM) 6-3, 5-7, 10-5
6. Ben Hinkley (LVCM) def. Bryson Boettger (MESSM) 7-5, 7-5
 
Doubles competition
1. Tim Dunn/Connor Graybeal (MESSM) def. Reed Morris/Elliott Kleckner (LVCM) 8-1
2. Alex Mantsevich/Andrew Bookman (MESSM) def. Jordan Heavel/Blake Martin (LVCM) 8-3
3. Galen Fitzkee/Keller Martin (MESSM) def. Luke Senft/Ben Hinkley (LVCM) 9-7