GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The Davenport men's tennis team had their second match of the weekend on Sunday morning against Hillsdale College at MVP SportsPlex. The Panthers (4-1) were looking to remain undefeated early in the season, but the Chargers (1-1) stopped them with a 4-3 win in non-conference action. Hillsdale improved to 4-1 all-time against the Panthers and won their second straight matchup in the series.

The Chargers took early momentum winning the doubles point. The three doubles matchup was a 6-1 score in favor of Daniel Gilbert/Henry Hammond over Marius Pion/Jose Brenes for Davenport. The one doubles was a closer match but ultimately Hillsdale got a 6-4 decision as Aidan Pack/Sean Barstow defeated Carlos Henriquez/Simone Pacciolla. The two doubles went unfinished due to the two of three wins necessary for the point. It was a tight one however as Subash Paramasivam/Jan Stolin were leading 6-5 against Tyler Conrad/Ellis Klanduch.

The singles competition was split at three points each. Paramasivam won at two singles by scores of 6-2, 6-4 over Conrad to even the match at 1-1. Henriquez dropped a straight sets decision to Klanduch (7-6, 6-1). Stolin evened the match back up at 2-2 with a 6-4, 4-6, 6-2 victory at one singles over Pack. Hammond got the better of Jose Brenes at five singles by scores of 6-1, 6-2 for Hillsdale's third point. The match was concluded as Barstow at four singles picked up a three-set win over Pion by scores of 3-6, 6-3, 7-6. Pacciolla did pull out a win at six singles by scores of 6-2, 7-5 over Gilbert.

The Panthers are on the road this Friday, Feb. 9 with a trip to Holland against Hope College. First serve is scheduled for 3:00 PM at Dewitt Tennis Center.