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Pavlos and Zino
Kyle Manthe/Assistant Director Athletic Communications
0
Midwestern State MSU (1-1)
7
Winner Washburn WU (3-0)
Midwestern State MSU
(1-1)
0
Final
7
Washburn WU
(3-0)
Winner

Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

No. 8 Washburn sweeps home-opener with No. 19 Midwestern State

TOPEKA, Kan. -- No. 8 Washburn opened its home schedule with a 7-0 sweep of No. 19 Midwestern State for its second straight ranked victory. The Ichabods will next head to the ITA Indoor National Championships in Indianapolis, In. against Saint Leo on Feb. 14.  

Tommy Cecchetti and Vasek Schneider opened the match in doubles play with a 6-3 win at No. 2 for Washburn (3-0). On court three, Pavlos Parson and Zino Nahirniak went into an extra game but fell 7-4 in the tiebreaker as the Mustangs' (1-1) evened the match. Tim Hammes and Matthew Earle stayed undefeated together in duals this season as they won their tiebreaker 8-6 on the top court to secure the doubles point.  

In singles play Schneider worked quickly as well, winning 6-1 in his first set and 7-5 in the second. Hammes brought up match point with a 7-5 win in his opening set and riding that momentum to a 6-1 second set victory. Parson fell behind, losing 6-3 in the first set, but bounced back for a 6-2 win in the second and 6-3 in the third to clinch the match from No. 3.  

Earle worked a 6-3 first set win before finishing out his dual with a 7-6(2) tiebreaker win at No. 4. Cecchetti split his first two sets, 6-3 in his favor and falling 6-4. In the third set super tiebreaker he pulled away for a 10-6 win at No. 5. Nahirniak followed the same format, splitting the first two sets 6-3 in either direction at No. 6 before a 10-7 win in the abbreviated third set to close the match.  

Doubles competition:  

  1. Hammes, Tim/Earle, Matthew (WU) def. Vacula, Filip/Slocombe, Stephen (MSU) 7-6(8) 

  1. Schneider, Vasek/Cecchetti, Tommy (WU) def. Guillou, Killian/Setti, Germano (MSU) 6-3 

  1. Van Amerongen, Justin/Sanchez, Bruno (MSU) def. Parson, Pavlos/Zahirniak, Zino (WU) 7-6(4) 

Order of finish: 2, 3, 1 

Singles competition:  

  1. Hammes, Tim (WU) def. Vacula, Filip (MSU) 7-5, 6-1 

  1. Schneider, Vasek (WU) def. Sanchez, Bruno (MSU) 6-1, 7-5 

  1. Parson, Pavlos (WU) def. Setti, Germano (MSU) 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 

  1. Earle, Matthew (WU) def. Guillou, Killian (MSU) 6-3, 7-6(2) 

  1. Cecchetti, Tommy (WU) def. Marquez, Jose (MSU) 6-3, 4-6, 10-6 

  1. Nahirniak, Zino (WU) def. Van Amerongen, Justin (MSU) 3-6, 6-3, 10-7 

Order of finish: 2, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 

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