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0
Emporia State ESU (5-6, 1-1)
7
Winner Washburn WU (10-5, 2-1)
Emporia State ESU
(5-6, 1-1)
0
Final
7
Washburn WU
(10-5, 2-1)
Winner

Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

No. 32 Washburn closes homestand with 7-0 sweep of Emporia State

TOPEKA, Kan. -- No. 32 Washburn men's tennis (10-5, 2-1) bounced back from a close conference loss last time out with a 7-0 win over Emporia State (5-6, 1-1) on Thursday afternoon. The Ichabods head down to Oklahoma next week to face Southeastern Oklahoma State on Sunday at 2 p.m.  

Washburn started the match with a sweep of doubles play. No. 12 Tim Hammes and Santiago Rendon kicked off the action with a 6-2 win from No. 2. Sebastian Pjontek and Miquel Perez, ranked No. 18, secured the doubles point for Washburn winning 6-2 at No. 1. Yoshinobu Nakatsuji and Daniel Bird completed the sweep with a 6-4 win on court three.  

Bird continued his winning ways with a swift 6-2, 6-1 win at No. 3 to kick off singles play. No. 34 Hammes followed with a pair of 6-4 set wins at No. 1. Pjontek, ranked No. 47 nationally, won his opening set 6-3 but dropped the next set 6-3. He responded with a strong 6-2 victory in the third set to clinch the match for the Ichabods.  

In the second wave of singles Rendon finished quickly, winning in two sets at No. 4 both by a 6-1 score. Perez followed at No. 5 with another two-set victory 6-4, 6-2. Daniel Harkin closed out the sweep winning 6-1, 6-2 from No. 6 to make it a 7-0 match.  

The Ichabods move to 5-1 at home with the win and 2-1 in MIAA/GAC North Division play with one more match to go in conference play.

Doubles competition:  

  1. Pjontek, Sebastian/Perez, Miquel (WU) def. Bou Sastre, Jordi/Belmonte, Theo (ESU) 6-2 

  1. Hammes, Tim/Rendon, Santiago (WU) def. Simunovic, Dominik/Vera Sergio (ESU) 6-2 

  1. Bird, Daniel/Nakatsuji, Yoshinobu (WU) def. Mazuay, Gwendal/Tredway, Jaden (ESU) 6-4 

Order of finish: 2, 1, 3 

Singles competition:  

  1. Hammes, Tim (WU) def. Simunovic, Dominik (ESU) 6-4, 6-4  

  1. Pjontek, Sebastian (WU) def. Bou Sastre, Jordi (ESU) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2  

  1. Bird, Daniel (WU) def. Belmonte, Theo (ESU) 6-2, 6-1 

  1. Rendon, Santiago (WU) def. Vera, Sergio (ESU) 6-1, 6-1 

  1. Perez, Miquel (WU) def. Mazuay, Gwendal (ESU) 6-4, 6-2 

  1. Harkin, Daniel (WU) def. Tredway, Jaden (ESU) 6-1, 6-2  

Order of finish: 3, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 

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