TOPEKA, Kan. -- Washburn men's tennis wrapped up its fall season with multiple draw champions on day two of the Washburn Invitational on Sunday. The Ichabods ended the second day with 13 total victories.
In singles Vasek Schneider and Pavlos Parson squared off in an all-Washburn battle for the Flight 1 title. Schneider came away with a 7-5 first set victory and carried the momentum into a 6-3 win in the second set.
Tommy Cecchetti swept the tiebreaker of his first set in the Flight 2 finals but came up just short in the second set, 7-5, and in the super tiebreaker, 10-6.
From Flight 3, Moritz Pieper had no trouble working a two-set victory to claim the title with scores of 6-2 and 6-3.
Yoshinobu Nakatsuji wrapped up his round robin style tournament in Flight 5 winning 6-3, 6-4. Ivan Ivanov did the same in Flight 6, winning the first set 7-5 and breezing through a 6-1 second set victory.
In doubles competition Moritz Pieper and Pavlos Parson fell 6-1 in their semifinals dual in Flight 1. On the other side of the flight Tommy Cecchetti and Marco Romano advanced after the team from Rockhurst withdrew. The finals dual went into an extra game and in the tiebreaker Cecchetti and Romano fell just short, losing 7-6(3).
Yoshinobu Nakatsuji and Graham Faris also went into a tiebreaker in their semifinals dual from Flight 2 but were able to pull away late 7-6(4). They worked quicker in the championship match, knocking off an Emporia State duo to win 6-4.
Singles Competition
Flight 1 – East Draw
F – Schneider, Vasek (WU) def. Parson, Pavlos (WU) 7-5, 6-3
Flight 2 – East Draw
F – Hosono, Dan (CCCC) def. Cecchetti, Tommy (WU) 6(0)-7, 7-5, 10-6
Flight 3 – East Draw
F – Pieper, Moritz (WU) def. Mazuay, Gwendal (ESU) 6-2, 6-3
Flight 5
R3 – Nakatsuji, Yoshinobu (WU) def. West, Luke (ESU) 6-3, 6-4
Flight 6
R2 – Ivanov, Ivan (WU) def. Alcover, Iago (RU) 7-5, 6-1
Singles Consolation Matches
Garmendia, Mikel (UNO) def. Earle, Matthew (WU) 7-5, 6-1
Romano, Marco (WU) def. Calvo, Deigo (ESU) 2-6, 6-3, 10-4
Harkin, Daniel (WU) def. Leguizamon, Felipe (CCCC) 6-2, 6-2
Faris, Graham (WU) def. Rainwater, Dylan (RU) wd.
Doubles Competition
Flight 1 – East Draw
SF – Bae, Juwan/Hosono, Dan (CCCC) def. Pieper, Moritz/Parson, Pavlos (WU) 6-1
SF – Cecchetti, Tommy/Romano, Marco (WU) def. Keiner, Louis/Tsyrenov, Seymon (RU) wd
F - Bae, Juwan/Hosono, Dan (CCCC) def. Cecchetti, Tommy/Romano, Marco (WU) 7-6(3)
Flight 2 – East Draw
SF – Nakatsuji, Yoshinobu/Faris, Graham (WU) def. Kossover, Harris/Calvo, Diego (ESU) 7-6(4)
F - Nakatsuji, Yoshinobu/Faris, Graham (WU) def. Torres, Santiago/West, Luke (ESU) 6-4
Doubles Consolation Matches
Cecchetti, Tommy/Romano, Marco (WU) def. Keiner, Louis/Tsyrenov, Seymon (RU) wd
Earle, Matthew/Ivanov, Ivan (WU) def. Peterson, Caleb/Trevey, Christian (UNO) 6-2
Earle, Matthew/Ivanov, Ivan (WU) def. Vieira De Carvalho, Miguel/Andrade, Eduardo (CCCC) 6-1