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Ouachita Baptist OBU (10-5)
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Winner Washburn WU (14-3)
Ouachita Baptist OBU
(10-5)
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Final
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Washburn WU
(14-3)
Winner

Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

No. 5 Washburn runs win streak to ten with 4-3 victory over No. 21 Ouachita Baptist

TOPEKA, Kan. -- No. 5 Washburn secured its tenth straight victory with a 4-3 victory over No. 21 Ouachita Baptist on a windy Saturday morning. The Ichabods are off for over a week before heading on the road to face Emporia state on April 16.  

No. 28 Daniel Bird and Sebastian Pjontek got Washburn (14-3) off to a fast start with a sweep from No. 2, 6-0 to gain the advantage in doubles. No. 39 Matthew Earle and Tim Hammes took the first point of the match with a 6-3 win over No. 6 ranked Alex Blanchar and Phil Exner on court one. Santiago Rendon and Pavlos Parson led 5-3 at No. 3 when the match was decided.  

The Tigers (10-5) were able to even the match up as No. 10 Hammes lost a pair of 6-2 sets to No. 18 Blanchar to begin singles play at No. 1. No. 75 Parson regained the advantage for the Ichabods with two 6-2 set victories himself over No. 73 Fernando Docters on court three. Earle fell 6-3 in both sets from No. 6 and Ouachita Baptist was able to even the match up again.  

At No. 5, Bird won 6-2 in his opening set and pulled away late for a 7-5 win in the second to set up match point. After falling 6-4 in his first set at No. 4 Tommy Cecchetti flipped the scores around in each of his final two sets, winning 6-4 to clinch the match for Washburn. No. 35 Rendon went into a tiebreaker in the first set but came away with a 7-5 victory in the extension of the opening set at No. 2. No. 29 Exner was able to rally and win the final two sets 6-4 to finish out the match.  

Doubles competition:  

  1. Earle, Matthew/Hammes, Tim (WU) def. Blanchar, Alex/Exner, Phil (OBU) 6-3 

  1. Bird, Daniel/Pjontek, Sebastian (WU) def. Strassmann, Ramon/Osmond, Aaron (OBU) 6-0 

  1. Parson, Pavlos/Rendon, Santiago (WU) vs. Lagger, Elias/Docters, Fernando (OBU) 5-3 UF  

Singles competition:  

  1. Blanchar, Alex (OBU) def. Hammes, Tim (WU) 6-2, 6-2 

  1. Exner, Phil (OBU) def. Rendon, Santiago (WU) 6(5)-7, 6-4, 6-4 

  1. Parson, Pavlos (WU) def. Docters, Fernando (OBU) 6-2, 6-2 

  1. Cecchetti, Tommy (WU) def. Strassmann, Ramon (OBU) 4-6, 6-4, 6-4 

  1. Bird, Daniel (WU) def. Osmond, Aaron (OBU) 6-2, 7-5 

  1. Lagger, Elias (OBU) def. Earle, Matthew (WU) 6-3, 6-3 

Order of finish: 1, 3, 6, 5, 4, 2  

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