ORLANDO, Fla. – Maryville bounced back from a dropped doubles point Tuesday night to stage a furious singles showing and take a 5-2 victory against Northwestern-St. Paul.
The Scots won the top five singles matches to more than offset that dropped doubles decision. Northwestern-St. Paul had opened the match by taking two of the three doubles sets, with
Eli Cauthorn and
Jackson Meyer prevailing for Maryville 6-4 at the No. 2 position.
In singles,
Field Myatt rolled to a 6-1, 6-2 triumph to level the match at 1 point apiece. Myatt improved to 7-3 in singles this season. After Northwestern-St. Paul retook the lead at the No. 6 singles position,
Gabriel Villalonga Serra won his match at No. 4 by a 6-3, 6-2 score line.
Immediately after that match concluded,
James Smith wrapped up his point with a 6-3, 6-4 triumph at the No. 1 position for a third Maryville victory. Smith upped his singles record to 6-5 overall and 5-2 in dual matches – all at No. 1. The Scots kept pouring it on and
Jonathan Crane produced the clinching point with a 6-2, 6-4 victory at No. 3, bumping his singles record to 5-3 this season.
Ian Martin closed out the comeback by winning 7-5, 6-2 at the No. 5 position.
Maryville is now 2-1 on its Spring Break Trip to Orlando and 5-3 for the season. Northwestern-St. Paul drops to 1-7. The Scots wrap up their stay in Florida with a Wednesday night match against Otterbein. Start time is 6 o'clock.
