HUNTINGDON, Pa. – The Juniata College men's tennis team took two of the three doubles matches, but Elizabethtown College rallied to win four of six in singles to steal a 5-4 win out from under the Eagles, Tuesday afternoon in Huntingdon, Pa.

Juniata (6-10) opened the match with Jarrad Silver (Bethesda, Md./Walt Whitman) and Arnab Chakrabarti (Alpharetta, Ga./Alpharetta) taking an 8-6 win in #1 doubles, while Jonathan Skoner (Pittsburgh, Pa./Central Catholic) and Aaron Rhodes (Huntingdon, Pa./Huntingdon) posted an 8-0 victory at second doubles.

Skoner and Rhodes went on to notch wins at #2 and #5 singles respectively, but they were the only Eagle players to record victories in singles competition. Chakrabarti took Elizabethtown's Bryan Metz to three sets before falling 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 at #4 singles, while Acer Van Wallendael (Phillipsburg, N.J./Phillipsburg) also fell in three sets at #6 singles, 4-6, 6-1, 6-0.

Juniata will return to action on Thursday, April 17, when both the men's and women's teams will travel to Gettysburg, Pa., to face Gettysburg College.

Complete match results are below: 

MEN'S TENNIS

Elizabethtown College 5, Juniata College 4

Apr 15, 2008 at Huntingdon, Pa. (Raffensperger Tennis Courts)

Singles competition

1. Brok Walker (ETOWN) def. Jarrad Silver (JUN) 6-1, 6-4

2. Jonathan Skoner (JUN) def. Jeff Kirkhoff (ETOWN) 6-0, 6-1

3. Andrew Voshell (ETOWN) def. Ryan Navarro (JUN) 6-1, 6-4

4. Bryan Metz (ETOWN) def. Arnab Chakrabarti (JUN) 3-6, 6-1, 6-4

5. Aaron Rhodes (JUN) def. Jim Dombach (ETOWN) 6-2, 6-3

6. Stijn van Esveld (ETOWN) def. Acer Van Wallendael (JUN) 4-6, 6-1, 6-0

Doubles competition

1. Jarrad Silver/Arnab Chakrabarti (JUN) def. Jeff Kirkhoff/Andrew Voshell (ETOWN) 8-6

2. Jonathan Skoner/Aaron Rhodes (JUN) def. Brok Walker/Bryan Metz (ETOWN) 8-0

3. Jim Dombach/Brandon Stolar (ETOWN) def. Acer Van Wallendael/Ryan Navarro (JUN) 8-3 

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