BOLIVAR, Mo. – The No. 13 Washburn Ichabods topped regional foe Harding, 4-2. Washburn's early lead was too much for the Bisons to overcome.
Miquel Perez and
Santiago Rendon returned to their winning ways with a 6-3 victory over Milosh Petrovic and Diego Pierola at No. 3 doubles. Perez leads the team with a 16-3 doubles record. Harding (8-6) put the pressure back on Washburn (14-3), defeating No. 18
Matthew Earle and
Sebastian Pjontek.
Raul-Alin Dicu and
Noah Neideck took down No. 31 Alvaro de Lorenzo and Morgan Salvan for the doubles point. The win was Neideck's tenth doubles win as an Ichabod.
In singles play, Perez dominated in straights sets, 6-2, 6-2 in the second spot. Pjontek followed close behind with his straight-set victory at No. 4 singles. Despite being down three, Harding won a pair of singles matches to pull within one. Dicu and Hammes lost at No. 1 and No. 3 singles.
Both Rendon and
Daniel Bird battled to clinch the final point. Rendon won the first set 6-3 but fell in the second set 6-4. He sealed the victory with a 6-3 third set win over Cas de Ruiter. Bird won a second-set tiebreaker, forcing a third set. However, he would not need to finish since the Ichabods had claimed the win.
Washburn begins the final slate of conference matches at Northwest Missouri State on Saturday, April 9, starting at 1 p.m.
Doubles Competition
| 1. Arthur Bellan/Dani Ortiz (HU) def. #18 Earle,Matthew/Pjontek,Sebastian (WU) 6-4 |
| 2. Dicu,Raul-Alin/Neideck,Noah (WU) def. #31 Alvaro de Lorenzo/Morgan Salvan (HU) 6-3 |
| 3. Perez,Miquel/Santiago Rendon (WU) def. Milosh Petrovic/Diego Pierola (HU) 6-3 |
Order of Finish: 3,1,2
Singles Competition
| 1. Dani Ortiz (HU) def. #55 Dicu,Raul-Alin (WU) 6-3, 6-3 |
| 2. Perez,Miquel (WU) def. Arthur Bellan (HU) 6-2, 6-2 |
| 3. Morgan Salvan (HU) def. #35 Hammes,Tim (WU) 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 |
| 4. Pjontek,Sebastian (WU) def. Alvaro de Lorenzo (HU) 6-3, 6-1 |
| 5. Milosh Petrovic (HU) vs. Bird,Daniel (WU) 7-6 (8-6), 6-7 (3-7), 0-1, unfinished |
| 6. Santiago Rendon (WU) def. Cas de Ruiter (HU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-3 |
Order of Finish: 2,4,1,3,6
