INDIANAPOLIS, Il. -- No. 15 Washburn ended its trip to Illinois with a loss after falling 4-1 to No. 8 Wayne State University on Saturday afternoon. The Ichabods take on MSU – Denver on Saturday, Feb. 17 in Topeka.
In doubles action the Warriors (3-0) got a win on the top court to start things off with Santiago Rendon and Tim Hammes falling 6-2. Washburn (1-2) lost the doubles point after Matthew Earle and Daniel Bird lost 6-3 at No. 2. Sebastian Pjontek and Tommy Cecchetti kept a close match early but lost 6-4 at No. 3 to complete a sweep of doubles for Wayne State.
After losing the opening set 6-3 at No. 1, Pjontek worked to force a tiebreaker in the second but came up just short losing 8-6 in the tiebreaker and 7-6 in the set. Rendon also lost 6-3 in his opening set at No. 4 and forced a tiebreaker in the second set, but would also lose, 7-3.
Cecchetti lost his opening set 6-4 but was able to win the next two 6-2 and 6-0 to get Washburn on the board. Hammes worked extra to capture a 7-5 first set victory but lost each of the next two sets 6-4 in the match clinching point for Wayne State at No. 2.
Pavlos Parson won his first set in a 7-2 tiebreaker, dropped the second 6-4 and was leading 2-1 in the third when the match was left unfinished. Earle also won his first set, 7-5, before losing the second and had just gotten underway in the third when the match was finished.
Doubles competition:
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Drenth, Cedric/Grey, Daniel (WSU) def. Rendon, Santiago/Hammes, Tim (WU) 6-2
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Spicer, Dom/Laws, Luke (WSU) def. Bird, Daniel/Earle, Matthew (WU) 6-3
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Steele, Joe/Mikkelsen, Emil (WSU) def. Pjontek, Sebastian/Cecchetti, Tommy (WU) 6-4
Order of finish: 1,2 ,3
Singles competition:
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Grey, Daniel (WSU) def. Pjontek, Sebastian (WU) 6-3, 7-6(6)
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Drenth, Cedric (WSU) def. Hammes, Tim (WU) 5-7, 6-4, 6-4
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Parson, Pavlos (WU) vs. Spicer, Dom (WSU) 7-6(2), 4-6, 2-1 UF
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Kitayama, Denali (WSU) def. Rendon, Santiago (WU) 6-3, 7-6(3)
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Cecchetti, Tommy (WU) def. Kelt, Joe (WSU) 4-6, 6-2, 6-0
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Earle, Matthew (WU) vs Hill, Benjamin (WSU) 7-5, 4-6, 1-1 UF
Order of finish: 1, 4, 5, 2
