SAINT LEO, Fla. -- The No. 13 Ichabods led early over No. 2 Saint Leo but eventually fell on the road 5-2. Washburn will head to Wichita Falls, Texas next, taking on Cameron University on March 8.
The Lions (8-1) started doubles action off taking the early advantage with Matthew Earle and Daniel Bird falling 6-1 from No. 2 to No. 7 Nicolas Bacella and Ghali Mensour. Tim Hammes and Sebastian Pjontek evened the match up winning 6-4 at No. 1. Santiago Rendon and Pavlos Parson rallied from an early deficit to force a tiebreaker, winning 7-6 to put Washburn (4-3) up.
No. 11 Rendon continued to roll in singles play, winning his opening set 6-4 and finishing off the second 6-1 from No. 3. Saint Leo got on the board as No. 36 Vincent Thiel won 6-2 and 6-3 over No. 10 Pjontek playing from No. 2. The Lions evened the match up with Tommy Cecchetti falling 6-4 and 6-3 sets from No. 4.
Playing on the top court Hammes won his opening set 7-5 over No. 18 Martin Soukal but fell 6-3 in the second and 6-1 in the third to set up match point for the home team. Saint Leo was able to capture the fourth point with Earle falling 6-1, 6-2 from No. 5. No. 30 Parson also fell 6-2 in both sets playing from No. 6 o
Doubles competition:
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Hammes, Tim/Pjontek Sebastian (WU) def. Iriarte, Luis/Soukal, Martin (SLU) 6-4
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Bacella, Nicolas/Mensour, Ghali (SLU) def. Earle, Matthew/Bird, Daniel (WU) 6-1
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Rendon, Santiago/Parson, Pavlos (WU) def. Cohen, Eduardo/Thiel, Vincent (SLU) 7-6
Order of finish: 2, 1, 3
Singles competition:
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Soukal, Martin (SLU) def. Hammes, Tim (WU) 5-7, 6-3, 6-1
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Thiel, Vincent (SLU) def. Pjontek, Sebastian (WU) 6-2, 6-3
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Rendon, Santiago (WU) def. Bacella, Nicolas (SLU) 6-4, 6-1
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Mensour, Ghali (SLU) def. Cecchetti, Tommy (WU) 6-4, 6-3
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Andrianaly, Dylan (SLU) def. Earle, Matthew (WU) 6-1, 6-2
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Iriarte, Luis (SLU) def. Parson, Pavlos (WU) 6-2, 6-2
Order of finish: 3, 2, 4, 1, 5, 6
