AZUSA, Cali. -- No. 4 Washburn fell 4-1 Tuesday evening to No. 11 Azusa Pacific on the road in game two of its California road trip. The Ichabods will finish the week against Hawaii Pacific on Thursday at 12 p.m. CST.
Doubles competition began on the top court with Matthew Earle and Tim Hammes falling 6-1 at No. 1 for Washburn (7-2). Tommy Cecchetti and Vasek Schneider were able to even up doubles play with a 6-2 win at No. 2. Moritz Pieper and Zino Nahirniak battled at No. 3 before falling 6-4 as the Cougars (8-1) won the first point.
Azusa Pacific added another point to begin singles with Tim Hammes losing a ranked battle to No. 26 Soeren Grandke 6-3 in a pair of sets. Tommy Cecchetti put the Ichabods on the board, winning 6-4 in the first set before falling just short in a tiebreaker, 7-6(5) in the second. He rallied for a 6-3 victory in the third to close out the dual at No. 4.
Pavlos Parson responded from losing 6-1 in the first set to win 7-6(5) in the second at No. 3. The third set went in favor of the Cougars' No. 44 ranked David James Brownlee 6-3 to bring up match point. Playing at No. 2, Vasek Schneider split his first two sets, both 6-3 scores. In the third he went into an extra game and a tiebreaker before falling 7-6(7) as Azusa Pacific clinched the match.
Zino Nahirniak led 3-0 in the second set at No. 5 after winning his first set 6-3.
Doubles competition:
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Walter, Elias/Grandke, Soeren (APU) def. Earle, Matthew/Hammes, Tim (WU) 6-1
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Cecchetti, Tommy/Schneider, Vasek (WU) def. Bohren, Brodrick/Brownless, David (APU) 6-2
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Velicki, Miha/Crespo, Joan (APU) def. Nahirniak, Zino/Pieper, Moritz (WU) 6-4
Order of finish: 1, 2, 3
Singles competition:
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Grandke, Soeren (APU) def. Hammes, Tim (WU) 6-3, 6-3
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Velicki, Miha (APU) def. Schneider, Vasek (WU) 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(7)
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Brownlee, David James (APU) def. Parson, Pavlos (WU) 6-1, 6(5)-7, 6-3
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Cecchetti, Tommy (WU) def. Crespo, Joan (APU) 6-4, 6(5)-7, 6-3
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Nahirniak, Zino (WU) vs. Schmidhauser, Max (APU) 6-3, 3-0 UF
Order of finish: 1, 4, 3, 2
