The Rockhurst Hawks defeated Newman 6-3 in their season opener Saturday at the Overland Park Racquet Club.

Rockhurst won two of the three doubles matches. Truit Gray won his No. 1 singles match in straight sets. Pawel Grzegrzolka, Daniel Chmielewski and Joey Fischer also collected singles victories in straight sets.

The Hawks play Ohio Dominican in Indianapolis on Saturday, Feb. 15.

Rockhurst 6, Newman 3
Feb 08, 2014 at Overland Park, KS 

Singles competition

1. Gray, Truit (RU) def. Dos Santos, Nei (NU) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4

2. Dos Santos, Eduardo (NU) def. Chmielewski, Luke (RU) 6-3, 6-3

3. Kim, Evgeniy (NU) def. Valev, Decho (RU) 6-4, 1-6, 1-0 (11-9)

4. Grzegrzolka, Pawel (RU) def. Sanchez, Freddy (NU) 7-5, 6-2

5. Chmielewski, Daniel (RU) def. Bendito, Miguel (NU) 6-2, 6-2

6. Fischer, Joey (RU) def. Pyle, Max (NU) 6-1, 6-2

Doubles competition

1. Dos Santos, Nei/Dos Santos, Eduardo (NU) def. Chmielewski, Luke/Valev, Decho (RU) 8-6

2. Gray, Truit/Chmielewski, Daniel (RU) def. Kim, Evgeniy/Pyle, Max (NU) 8-2

3. Fischer, Joey/Grzegrzolka, Pawel (RU) def. Sanchez, Freddy/Bendito, Miguel (NU) 8-3

Match Notes

Newman 3-3

Rockhurst 1-0