BOLIVAR, Mo. -- No. 6 Washburn built an early lead and was able to pick up its sixth win in a row Saturday afternoon defeating Southwest Baptist 5-2. The Ichabods return to home for their first conference match on Wednesday, March 27 against Augustana. Â
In doubles competition Washburn got started on the top court with Tim Hammes and Matthew Earle taking a quick 6-1 win over No. 16 ranked Youssef Nabil and Ilyes Khelifi of the Bearcats. Pavlos Parson and Santiago worked at 6-4 win at No. 3 to give the Ichabods the doubles point. Daniel Bird and Sebastian Pjontek led 5-4 at No. 2 when the point was decided. Â
Singles action also started on the top court as No. 14 Hammes moved quickly to pick up a pair of 6-3 set victories. No. 28 Rendon won his first set 6-3 from No. 3 and carried the momentum to a 6-1 win in the second set to bring up match point. Southwest Baptist got on the board with Earle falling 6-2 in his first set at No. 6 and coming up just short in a 7-4 tiebreaker in the second. Â
Playing on court four No. 56 Parson took an early advantage winning 6-2 in the first set and battled for a 7-5 match deciding victory in the second. No. 63 Tommy Cecchetti won 6-2 in his first set at No. 4, fell 6-3 in the second but finished strong winning the super tiebreaker 10-3 to earn the Ichabods' fifth point. No. 10 Pjontek took his first set to a tiebreaker at No. 2 but came up just short, losing 7-5. He battled back to win 6-3 in the second before falling 10-9 in the super tiebreaker. Â
Doubles competition: Â
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Earle, Matthew/Hammes, Tim (WU) def. Nabil, Youssef/Khelifi, Ilyes (SWBU) 6-1Â
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Bird, Daniel/Pjontek, Sebastian (WU) vs. Bravo Diaz, Alejandro/Pinto, Pedro (SWBU) 5-4 UFÂ
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Parson, Pavlos/Rendon, Santiago (WU) def. Radoman, Bojan/Beneyto, Alejandro (SWBU) 6-4Â
Order of finish: 1, 3 Â
Singles competition: Â
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Hammes, Tim (WU) def. Nabil, Youssef (SWBU) 6-3, 6-3Â
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Beneyto, Alejandro (SWBU) def. Pjontek, Sebastian (WU) 7-6(5), 3-6, 10-9Â
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Rendon, Santiago (WU) def. Khelifi, Ilyes (SWBU) 6-3, 6-1 Â
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Parson, Pavlos (WU) def. Neff, Fabian (SWBU) 6-2, 7-5Â
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Cecchetti, Tommy (WU) def. Bravo Diaz, Alejandro (SWBU) 6-2, 3-6, 10-3Â
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Pinto, Pedro (SWBU) def. Earle, Matthew (WU) 6-2, 7-6(4)Â