‘Cats down Charleston, eliminated by Shepherd
April 2, 2006

CHARLESTON, W.Va.—The Bobcats opened play in the 2006 WVIAC Tournament with a 5-2 quarterfinal match win over fifth-seeded University of Charleston on Friday morning, but were eliminated in the semifinals by the top-seeded Shepherd Rams, 5-2, later that afternoon.

In the quarterfinals, the ‘Cats jumped out to an early 2-1 lead by grabbing victories at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles.

Dominick Mack (Montoursville, Pa.) and Kyle Hoffman (Fairmont) were victorious at No. 2 while Michael Higgins (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) and Joseph Jiblets (Canonsburg, Pa.) picked up the team’s No. 3 doubles win.

Singles wins by Mack (6-4, 6-3), Bryan Corder (Elkins) (6-1, 3-6, 6-3), and Hoffman (6-1, 6-2) secured the team’s advancement into the next round.

Wesleyan’s semifinal match pitted them against number-one seeded Shepherd for the second time in three days.

The Rams took the match 5-2.

Higgins and Jiblets teamed up for an 8-6 win at No. 3 doubles.

Hoffman won the team’s lone singles match, 6-3, 6-2.

Wesleyan ends the 2006 season 8-5 overall.

Shepherd 5, West Virginia Wesleyan 2

Doubles
#1 Casey Moser/David Seifarth (SU) def. Bryan Corder/Richard Tench (WVWC) 8-4
#2 Arthur Ebeling/Eric Stevenson (SU) def. Dominick Mack/Kyle Hoffman (WVWC) 9-7
#3 Michael Higgins/Joseph Jiblets (WVWC) def. Andy Bosco/Scott Hasenei (SU) 8-6

Singles
#1 Casey Moser (SU) def. Michael Higgins (WVWC) 6-3, 6-4
#2 Dominick Mack (WVWC) vs. David Seifarth dnf.
#3 Arthur Ebeling (SU) def. Bryan Corder (WVWC) 6-3, 6-2
#4 Eric Stevenson (SU) def. Richard Tench (WVWC) 6-1, 6-2
#5 Kyle Hoffman (WVWC) def. Andy Bosco (SU) 6-3, 6-2
#6 Joseph Jiblets (WVWC) vs. Scott Hasenei (SU) dnf

West Virginia Wesleyan 5, Charleston 2

Doubles
#1 Bumgarner/Lilly (UC) def. Bryan Corder/Richard Tench (WVWC) 8-6
#2 Dominick Mack/Kyle Hoffman (WVWC) def. Leadman/Gilliam (UC) 8-1
#3 Michael Higgins/Joseph Jiblets (WVWC) def. Smith/Turner (UC) 8-2

Singles
#1 Bumgarner (UC) def. Michael Higgins (WVWC) 6-0, 6-0
#2 Dominick Mack (WVWC) def. Lilly (UC) 6-4, 6-3
#3 Bryan Corder (WVWC) def. Leadman (UC) 6-1, 4-6, 6-3
#4 Gilliam (UC) vs. Richard Tench (WVW) dnf
#5 Kyle Hoffman (WVWC) def. Turner (UC) 6-1, 6-2
#6 Joseph Jiblets (WVWC) vs. Smith (UC) dnf

BUCKHANNON, W.Va.—The 2006 WVIAC regular season champion Shepherd Rams defeated West Virginia Wesleyan, 8-1, on Tuesday at the Sam Ross Tennis Center in Buckhannon.

The Bobcats’ Dominick Mack (Montoursville, Pa.) and Kyle Hoffman (Fairmont) earned the team’s lone Senior Day win at No. 2 doubles. Mack and Hoffman knocked off Shepherd’s Eric Stevenson and Arthur Ebeling, 8-5.

Wesleyan ends the 2006 regular season with an overall record of 7-4. The team was 6-3 in the WVIAC. The Rams close out their schedule at 13-10 overall, 8-0 in the West Virginia Conference.

Shepherd captures the top seed in this weekend’s WVIAC Tournament in Charleston. The ‘Cats are the fourth seed and will battle the fifth-seeded Charleston Golden Eagles on Friday at 9:00 a.m.

Shepherd University 8, West Virginia Wesleyan 1

Doubles
#1 David Seifarth/Casey Moser (SU) def. Neal Saluja/Bryan Corder (WVWC) 8-2
#2 Dominick Mack/Kyle Hoffman (WVWC) def. Eric Stevenson/Arthur Ebeling (SU) 8-5
#3 Andy Bosco/Scott Hasenei (SU) def. Michael Higgins/Joseph Jiblets (WVWC) 8-5

Singles
#1 Casey Moster (SU) def. Michael Higgins (WVWC) 6-0, 6-0
#2 David Seifarth (SU) def. Dominick Mack (WVWC) 6-4, 7-3 (3)
#3 Arthur Ebeling (SU) def. Bryan Corder (WVWC) 6-1, 1-6, 7-6 (6)
#4 Eric Stevenson (SU) def. Neal Saluja (WVWC) 2-6, 6-1, 10-5
#5 Andy Bosco (SU) def. Kyle Hoffman (WVWC) 6-4, 5-7, 10-6
#6 Scott Hasenei (SU) def. Joseph Jiblets (WVWC) 6-0, 6-1

BUCKHANNON, W.Va.—West Virginia Wesleyan men’s tennis played three matches, winning two of them, over the last three days against fellow WVIAC schools.

The Bobcats defeated Concord, 7-2, and West Virginia State, 8-1, on Sunday, before falling to Salem International, 6-3, on Tuesday.

Lee Underwood’s team is now 7-3 overall and 6-2 in the West Virginia Conference.

Kyle Hoffman (Fairmont) led the ‘Cats with a perfect record over the three-match span. The senior was 3-0 at No. 2 doubles and picked up two wins at No. 5 singles and one win at No. 4 singles. Hoffman is the first Bobcat to reach double digits in both singles and doubles victories this season; he is 11-1 in singles matches and 10-2 in doubles matches.

Teaming up with Hoffman for two No. 2 doubles wins was senior Dominick Mack (Montoursville, Pa.). Mack also won his third doubles match, an 8-0 victory over West Virginia State. Dominick is currently 5-7 and 12-1 in singles and doubles matches, respectively. He has played No. 1 singles in nine of the team’s 10 matches this season.

Michael Higgins (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) also posted a solid 2-1 record in both his singles and doubles matches the last few days. Higgins is 9-2 in singles and 10-3 in doubles matches so far.

Wesleyan will host defending conference champion Shepherd University on Wednesday, April 19, at 4:00 p.m. The match, which is to be played at the Sam Ross Tennis Center, is the team’s last regular season match before heading to Charleston for the WVIAC Tournament April 20 through April 22.

Salem International 6, West Virginia Wesleyan 3

Doubles
#1 Sladjan Radic/Kim Kanginnadhi (SIU) def. Neal Saluja/Bryan Corder (WVWC) 8-2
#2 Relja Radic/David Ogedegbe (SIU) def. Dominick Mack/Kyle Hoffman (WVWC) 8-1
#3 Guillermo Tolaba/Bogdan Matei (SIU) def. Michael Higgins/Joseph Jiblets (WVWC) 8-6

Singles
#1 Kim Kanginnadhi (SIU) def. Michael Higgins (WVWC) 6-1, 6-1
#2 Sladjan Radic (SIU) def. Michael Higgins (WVWC) 6-1, 6-4
#3 Bogdan Matei (SIU) def. Bryan Corder (WVWC) 6-2, 6-4
#4 Kyle Hoffman (WVWC) def. Relja Radic (SIU) 6-4, 6-0
#5 Joseph Jiblets (WVWC) def. David Ogedegbe (SIU) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5)
#6 Guillermo Tolaba (SIU) def. Richard Tench (WVWC) 6-2, 6-1

West Virginia Wesleyan 8, West Virginia State 1

Doubles
#1 Dominick Mack/Bryan Corder (WVWC) def. Shea Hale/Jeff Given (WVSU) 8-0
#2 Michael Higgins/Kyle Hoffman (WVWC) def. Brandon Gwinn/David Mitchell (WVSU) 8-1
#3 Joseph Jiblets/Richard Tench (WVWC) def. Scott Farmer/Joe Toler (WVSU) 8-1

Singles
#1 Brandon Gwinn (WVSU) def. Dominick Mack (WVWC) 7-5, 6-3
#2 Michael Higgins (WVWC) def. Shea Hale (WVSU) 6-0, 6-2
#3 Bryan Corder (WVWC) def. Jeff Given (WVSU) 6-0, 6-0
#4 Kyle Hoffman (WVWC) def. Scott Farmer (WVSU) 6-0, 6-0
#5 Joseph Jiblets (WVWC) def. David Mitchell (WVSU) 6-1, 6-0
#6 Richard Tench (WVWC) def. Joe Toler (WVSU) 6-4, 6-2

West Virginia Wesleyan 7, Concord 2

Doubles
#1 Matt Stonestreet/Ryan Hunt (CU) def. Neal Saluja/Bryan Corder 8-5
#2 Dominick Mack/Kyle Hoffman (WVWC) def. Matt Roop/Jobe Thornsberry (CU) 8-5
#3 Michael Higgins/Joseph Jiblets (WVWC) def. Rob Repass/Matt Lester (CU) 8-1

Singles
#1 Matt Stonestreet (CU) def. Dominick Mack (WVWC) 4-6, 6-4, 10-8
#2 Michael Higgins (WVWC) def. Matt Roop (CU) 6-4, 7-5
#3 Bryan Corder (WVWC) def. Jobe Thornsberry (CU) 6-0, 6-0
#4 Neal Saluja (WVWC) def. Rob Repass (CU) 3-6, 6-0, 6-0
#5 Kyle Hoffman (WVWC) def. Ryan Hunt (CU) 6-0, 6-0
#6 Joseph Jiblets (WVWC) def. Coben Thorn (CU) 6-4, 7-5

FAIRMONT, W.Va.—West Virginia Wesleyan earned their third straight WVIAC victory with an 8-1 win over the Fairmont State Falcons on Wednesday evening.

The Bobcats (5-2, 4-1 WVIAC) will host Concord and Shepherd this Saturday afternoon at the Sam Ross Tennis Center.

The regularly scheduled Concord match will begin at 1:00 p.m. and the team’s makeup match against Shepherd will follow at 3:30 p.m.

West Virginia Wesleyan 8, Fairmont State 1

Doubles
#1 Bryan Corder/Neal Saluja (WVWC) def. David Marquette/Brandon Horner (FSU) 8-6
#2 Dominick Mack/Michael Higgins (WVWC) def. Mark Vincent/Justin Bryan (FSU) 8-0
#3 Joseph Jiblets/Richard Tench (WVWC) def. Nick Barron/Drew Waitkus (FSU) 8-1

Singles
#1 David Marquette (FSU) def. Dominick Mack (WVWC) 6-4, 0-6, 11-9
#2 Michael Higgins (WVWC) def. Brandon Horner (FSU) 6-0, 6-1
#3 Bryan Corder (WVWC) def. Mark Vincent (FSU) 6-0, 6-0
#4 Joseph Jiblets (WVWC) def. Justin Bryant (FSU) 6-1, 6-4
#5 Eric Johnson (WVWC) def. Nick Barron (FSU) 7-5, 6-1
#6 Richard Tench (WVWC) def. Drew Waitkus (FSU) 6-1, 6-0

BLUEFIELD, W.Va.—Men’s tennis earned their second straight blowout win and third of the season as they defeated the Bluefield State Big Blues, 9-0, on Sunday afternoon in Bluefield.

The team is now 4-2 overall, 3-1 in the West Virginia Conference.

Wesleyan will hit the road to battle the Falcons of Fairmont State on Tuesday, April 4, at 6:00 p.m.

West Virginia Wesleyan 9, Bluefield State 0

Doubles
#1 Dominick Mack/Kyle Hoffman (WVWC) def. J. Turner/M. Cline (BSC) 8-2
#2 Michael Higgins/Joseph Jiblets (WVWC) def. B.J. Cline/N. Earehart (BSC) 9-7
#3 Bryan Corder/Richard Tench (WVWC) def. J. Conner/J. Stolp (BSC) 8-0

Singles
#1 Dominick Mack (WVWC) def. J. Turner (BSC) 6-1, 6-1
#2 Michael Higgins (WVWC) def. B.J. Cline (BSC) 6-0, 6-1
#3 Bryan Corder (WVWC) def. N. Earehart (BSC) 6-0, 6-2
#4 Kyle Hoffman (WVWC) def. M. Cline (BSC) 6-2, 6-1
#5 Joseph Jiblets (WVWC) def. A. Thibodean (BSC) 6-0, 6-0
#6 Eric Johnson (WVWC) def. J. Stolp (BSC) 6-0, 6-1

BUCKHANNON, W.Va.—The Bobcats won their second home match of the season convincingly over the visiting Charleston Golden Eagles, 8-1, on Saturday afternoon.

The team is now 3-2 overall, 2-1 in the West Virginia Conference.

Wesleyan takes on the Bluefield State Big Blues on Sunday, April 2, in Bluefield.





West Virginia Wesleyan 8, Charleston 1

Doubles
#1 Neal Saluja/Bryan Corder (WVWC) def. Bumgarner/Lilly (UC) 8-4
#2 Dominick Mack/Kyle Hoffman (WVWC) def. Leadman/Gilliam (UC) 8-4
#3 Michael Higgins/Joseph Jiblets (WVWC) def. Craft/Turner (UC) 8-1

Singles
#1 Bumgarner (UC) def. Dominick Mack (WVWC) 6-2, 6-0
#2 Michael Higgins (WVWC) def. Lilly (UC) 6-3, 7-5
#3 Bryan Corder (WVWC) def. Leadman (UC) 6-2, 6-2
#4 Neal Saluja (WVWC) def. Gilliam (UC) 6-1, 6-0
#5 Kyle Hoffman (WVWC) def. Craft (UC) 6-2, 6-4
#6 Joseph Jiblets (WVWC) def. Turner (UC) 6-4, 6-4

BETHANY, W.Va.—West Virginia Wesleyan men’s tennis fell to West Liberty State, 6-3, in WVIAC action on Wednesday in Bethany, West Virginia.

The team, which is now 2-2 overall and 1-1 in the West Virginia Conference, was led by Kyle Hoffman (Fairmont).

Hoffman was victorious at No. 6 singles, 6-0, 6-2, and also teamed up with Dominick Mack (Montoursville, Pa.) for an 8-1 win at No. 3 doubles.

Mack fell to Justin Thomas in his No. 1 singles match, 6-1, 6-4.

The ‘Cats’ other singles match victory was a Michael Higgins (Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio) straight-set win at No. 5.

Wesleyan returns to the Sam Ross Tennis Center to battle the University of Charleston on Saturday, April 1, at 11:00 a.m.

West Liberty State 6, West Virginia Wesleyan 3

Doubles
#1 Bryan Corder/Joseph Jiblets (WVWC) def. Justin Thomas/Dan Riske (WLSC) 8-0
#2 Neal Saluja/Michael Higgins (WVWC) def. Scott Bolyard/Sam DeSimone (WLSC) 9-8 (7-3)
#3 Dominick Mack/Kyle Hoffman (WVWC) def. Gary Thaxton/Herner (WLSC) 8-1

Singles
#1 Justin Thomas (WLSC) def. Dominick Mack (WVWC) 6-1, 6-4
#2 Dan Riske (WLSC) def. Joseph Jiblets (WVWC) 6-0, 6-2
#3 Sam Desimone (WLSC) def. Bryan Corder (WVWC) 6-3, 6-3
#4 Scott Bolyard (WLSC) def. Neal Saluja (WVWC) 6-1, 6-2
#5 Mike Higgins (WVWC) def. Gary Thaxton (WLSC) 6-0, 6-0
#6 Kyle Hoffman (WVWC) def. Zack Stone (WLSC) 6-0, 6-2

BUCKHANNON, W.Va.—West Virginia Wesleyan men’s tennis dominated visiting WVU Tech 9-0 on Monday afternoon at the Sam Ross Tennis Complex. The Bobcats lost only one game during the one hour and 15 minute match.

The team’s home opener was also their first WVIAC action of the season. Wesleyan’s victory improves their record to 2-1 overall, 1-0 in the West Virginia Conference.

Next up for the ‘Cats is a match against defending conference champion, Shepherd University. Wesleyan hosts the Rams on Saturday, March 25, at 2:30 p.m.


West Virginia Wesleyan 9, WVU Tech 0

Doubles
#1 Bryan Corder /Joseph Jiblets (WVWC) def. Josh Lawson/Zach Paugh (Tech) 8-1
#2 Dominick Mack/Michael Higgins (WVWC) def. Brian Dunbar/Jeraude Lowe (Tech) 8-0
#3 Kyle Hoffman/Richard Tench (WVWC) default

Singles
#1 Dominick Mack (WVWC) def. Josh Lawson (Tech) 6-0, 6-0
#2 Joseph Jiblets (WVWC) ) def. Zach Pough (Tech) 6-0, 6-0
#3 Bryan Corder (WVWC) def. Brian Dunbar (Tech) 6-0, 6-0
#4 Michael Higgins (WVWC) def. Jeraude Lowe (Tech) 6-0, 6-0
#5 Kyle Hoffman (WVWC) def. Jarrett Smith (Tech) 6-0, 6-0
#6 Eric Johnson (WVWC) default

HILTON HEAD, S.C.—West Virginia Wesleyan College’s men’s tennis team defeated Slippery Rock University (Pa.), 7-2, in their first match of the season on March 12. The ‘Cats dropped their second match to Gettysburg College (Pa.), 7-2, on March 13.


Gettysburg College 7, West Virginia Wesleyan 2

Doubles
#1 Hans Hardisty/Derin Wilson (GC) def. Bryan Corder /Joseph Jiblets (WVWC) 8-2
#2 Neal Saluja/Michael Higgins (WVWC) def. Thane Schweyer/AndrewScalingi (GC) 8-6
#3 Pat Dempsey/Matt Salter (GC) def. Dominick Mack/Kyle Hoffman (WVWC) 9-8 (7-1)

Singles
#1 Hans Hardisty (GC) def. Dominick Mack (WVWC) 6-0, 6-4
#2 Derin Wilson (GC) def. Joseph Jiblets (WVWC) 6-0, 6-1
#3 Thane Schweyer (GC) def. Bryan Corder (WVWC) 6-3, 6-4
#4 Neal Saluja (WVWC) def. Kyle Naylor (GC) 6-3, 6-2
#5 Mike Leary (GC) def. Richard Tench (WVWC) 6-0, 6-1
#6 Matt Salter (GC) def. Kyle Hoffman (WVWC 7-5, 6-2


West Virginia Wesleyan 7, Slippery Rock 2

Doubles
#1 Bryan Corder /Joseph Jiblets (WVWC) def. Zach Thomas/Nick Bolea (SRU) 8-1
#2 Neal Saluja/Michael Higgins (WVWC) def. John Crossley/Jim Norris (SRU) 8-4
#3 Dominick Mack/Kyle Hoffman (WVWC) def. Adam Shosky/Brad Zangle (SRU) 9-7

Singles
#1 Dominick Mack (WVWC) def. Nick Bolea (SRU) 6-2, 7-6 (8-6)
#2 Zach Thomas (SRU) def. Joseph Jiblets (WVWC) 6-2, 6-1
#3 John Crossley (SRU) def. Bryan Corder (WVWC) 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (7-3)
#4 Neal Saluja (WVWC) def. Adam Shosky (SRU) 6-4, 7-6 (8-6)
#5 Michael Higgins (WVWC) def. Jim Norris (SRU) 6-2, 6-0
#6 Kyle Hoffman (WVWC) def. Brad Zangle (SRU) 6-4, 7-6 (7-2)