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Sebastian Pjontek and Miquel Perez
Kyle Manthe/Assistant Director Athletic Communications
0
Newman NU (10-9, 2-3 MIAA)
7
Winner Washburn WU (11-7, 3-1 MIAA)
Newman NU
(10-9, 2-3 MIAA)
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Final
7
Washburn WU
(11-7, 3-1 MIAA)
Winner

Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

No. 35 Washburn wins 7-0 over Newman in home finale

TOPEKA, Kan. -- No. 35 Washburn men's tennis played its final regular season match in Topeka and finished with a 7-0 sweep of Newman (10-9, 2-3 MIAA)to close out conference competition. The Ichabods (11-7, 3-1 MIAA) take on Ouachita Baptist in Arkadelphia, Arkansas on Friday.  

Just like the match, doubles play was a sweep for the Ichabods, beginning on court two with a 6-1 win for No. 14 ranked Santiago Rendon and Tim Hammes. Miquel Perez and Sebastian Pjontek, ranked No. 16 nationally, clinched doubles at No. 1 with a 6-3 win. Daniel Bird and Yoshinobu Nakatsuji made it a sweep from No. 3, winning 6-4. 

Bird finished doubles and went right into singles where he led off with a quick two-set win at No. 3 by scores of 6-2 and 6-1. No. 35 ranked Hammes followed on court one, winning 6-1, 6-3. Playing at No. 2, Perez clinched the match in three sets, winning set one 6-2, losing 6-4, and closing out with a 6-3 win.  

Rendon led off the second round of doubles with a quick 6-2, 6-3 win at No. 4. Moritz Piper won his opening set 6-3 but fell 6-0 in the second. In the super tiebreaker he rallied to win 10-2 at No. 5. Daniel Harkin completed the sweep of the Jets at No. 6 rolling to a 6-2, 6-0 win.  

Doubles competition:  

  1. Pjontek, Sebastian/Perez, Miquel (WU) def. Kolaric, Pedja/Mounir, Ali (NU) 6-3 

  1. Rendon, Santiago/Hammes, Tim (WU) def. Penteado, Luca/Gil, Gustavo (NU) 6-1 

  1. Bird, Daniel/Nakatsuji, Yoshinobu (WU) def. Makhmudov, Isfan/Nowak, Jarrod (NU) 6-4 

Order of finish: 2, 1, 3 

Singles competition: 

  1. Hammes, Tim (WU) def. Mounir, Ali (NU) 6-1, 6-3 

  1. Perez, Miquel (WU) def. Kolaric, Pedja (NU) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 

  1. Bird, Daniel (WU) def. Suarez-Bruckner, Kurt (NU) 6-2, 6-1 

  1. Rendon, Santiago (WU) def. Makhmudov, Isfan (NU) 6-2, 6-3 

  1. Pieper, Moritz (WU) def. Gil, Gustavo (NU) 6-3, 0-6, 10-2 

  1. Harkin, Daniel (WU) def. Penteado, Luca (NU) 6-2, 6-0 

Order of finish: 3, 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 

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