TOPEKA, Kan. -- No. 15 Washburn men's tennis snapped a two match losing skid with a 6-1 win over MSU Denver on Saturday afternoon at home. The Ichabods head to Florida next and will take on Florida Southern on Feb. 26.
Washburn (2-2) moved quickly in doubles, Santiago Rendon and Pavlos Parson worked a flawless set at No. 3, winning 6-0. Matthew Earle and Daniel Bird worked their way to a 6-4 win on court two to earn the doubles point for the Ichabods. Tim Hammes and Sebastian Pjontek went to tiebreakers at No. 1 but came up short of the doubles sweep, falling 7-2 in the tiebreaker.
In singles action the Roadrunners (3-3) tied the match with No. 46 Juno Kantola defeating No. 30 Parsons 6-3, 6-3 in two sets. No. 11 Rendon gave the advantage back to Washburn with a pair of 6-4 set victories from the No. 3 position. Earle swept his first set 6-0 from No. 4 and won 6-2 in the second to set up match point.
After falling 7-3 in a first set tiebreaker No. 10 Pjontek rallied to win 6-4 in each of the next two sets to clinch the match for the Ichabods from No. 1. Tommy Cecchetti added an extra point winning 6-2 and 7-5 sets from No. 5 and Moritz Pieper made his spring debut with 6-2 and 6-1 wins at No. 6 to complete the match.
Doubles competition:
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Kantola, Juno/Jalalian (MSUD) def. Pjontek, Sebastian/Hammes, Tim (WU) 7-6(2)
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Bird, Daniel/Earle, Matthew (WU) def. Auzias, Jeanloup/Jimenez, Alejandro (MSUD) 6-4
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Rendon, Santiago/Parson, Pavlos (WU) def. Munoz, Alessandro/Rainwater, Reid (MSUD) 6-0
Order of finish: 3, 2, 1
Singles competition:
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Pjontek, Sebastian (WU) def. Auzias, Jeanloup (MSUD) 6(3)-7, 6-4, 6-4
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Kantola, Juno (MSUD) def. Parson, Pavlos (WU) 6-3, 6-3
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Rendon, Santiago (WU) def. Jimenez, Alejandro (MSUD) 6-4, 6-4
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Earle, Matthew (WU) def. Jalalian, Marco (MSUD) 6-0, 6-2
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Cecchetti, Tommy (WU) def. Lawlor, Maximo (MSUD) 6-2, 7-5
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Pieper, Moritz (WU) def. Rainwater, Reid (MSUD) 6-2, 6-1
Order of finish: 2, 3, 4, 1, 5, 6
