Franklin, Ind. - Franklin College men's tennis team improved to 2-2 in Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) action with a 7-2 victory over Anderson University from the Mickel-Hoover Tennis Complex on Saturday afternoon.

Franklin (4-4, 2-2 HCAC) won five of the six singles matches to clinch the victory.

The Grizzlies held a 2-1 advantage after doubles as the tandem of juniors Evan Pierle (Indianapolis, Ind./Perry Meridian) and Robby Woehrle (Avon, Ind./Avon) broke the tie with a 9-7 win at the No. 3 position.

Senior Jared Hunt (New Whiteland, Ind./Whiteland Community) dropped only three games in earning a 6-3, 6-0 triumph at No. 6 singles. Woehrle won a straight-set match at No. 5 singles. Junior Luke Snyder (Franklin, Ind./Franklin Community) won by identical 6-3 set scores on the No. 4 singles court.

Junior Ryan Hammer (Greenwood, Ind./Greenwood) earned a hard-fought 7-5, 6-4 victory at the top of the singles lineup. Freshman Ethan Caldwell (Terre Haute, Ind./Terre Haute North) won in three sets at No. 2 singles. Caldwell forced a deciding third-set tiebreaker by winning the second set 6-3. In the tiebreaker, Caldwell recorded a 10-4 victory to round out the winners.

The Hunt-Snyder doubles team recorded an 8-2 win on the No. 2 court.

Franklin returns to action on Sunday, April 13 at 11 a.m. when it travels to rival Hanover College.

Franklin 7, Anderson 2

Singles

No. 1 Ryan Hammer (FC) def. Drew Lovern (AU) 7-5, 6-4

No. 2 Ethan Caldwell (FC) def. Connor Whiteside (AU) 4-6, 6-3, 1-0 (4)

No. 3 Dillon Lockwood (AU) def. Evan Pierle (FC) 3-6, 6-0, 1-0 (5)

No. 4 Luke Snyder (FC) def. Ethan Hillman (AU) 6-3, 6-3

No. 5 Robby Woehrle (FC) def. Andrew GIngerich (AU) 6-4, 6-2

No. 6 Jared Hunt (FC) def. Eric Beck (AU) 6-3, 6-0

Doubles

No. 1 Lovern/Whiteside (AU) def. Hammer/Caldwell (FC) 8-1

No. 2 Hunt/Snyder (FC) def. Lockwood/Gingerich (AU) 8-2

No. 3 Pierle/Woehrle (FC) def. Hillman/Beck (AU) 9-7