TOPEKA, Kan. -- No. 7 Washburn worked its fifth straight victory and stayed undefeated in conference play Tuesday afternoon, sweeping Newman 7-0. The Ichabods wrap up the regular season hosting Arkansas-Fort Smith on Saturday at 1 p.m.
Tim Hammes and Matthew Earle led off the match on the top court, winning 6-2. Graham Faris and Yoshinobu Nakatsuji teamed up for the first time in the spring to secure the doubles point for the Ichabods (15-3, 5-0), coming back from an early deficit to win 6-3 at No. 3. Pavlos Parson and Moritz Pieper completed the sweep of the Jets (6-11, 1-6) in doubles with a 6-4 win at No. 2.
Tommy Cecchetti made quick work in his singles match, winning 6-2 and 6-1 sets in just over an hour of action on court three. Tim Hammes battled for a 6-4 win in his opening set on the first court before completing his match with a 6-3 win in the second to bring up match point. Pavlos Parson followed, winning 6-3 in the first and 6-4 in the second set at No. 2 to deliver the clinching point.
Zino Nahirniak delivered a nearly clean first set, winning 6-1 before following with a 6-3 victory in set two, adding another point from No. 4. Moritz Pieper dropped three combined games in a two-set victory on court six, winning 6-2 and 6-1. Matthew Earle made it a clean sweep of all 12 singles sets, winning 6-4 in the first at 6-1 in the second at No. 5 to finish the match.
Doubles competition:
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Earle, Matthew/Hammes, Tim (WU) def. Lippolis, Nicolo/Mounir, Ali (NU) 6-2
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Parson, Pavlos/Pieper, Moritz (WU) def. Bramati, Andrea/Vysotin, Pavel (NU) 6-4
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Faris, Graham/Nakatsuji, Yoshinobu (WU) def. Javadov, David/Belardo, Enrico (NU) 6-3
Order of finish: 1, 3, 2
Singles competition:
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Hammes, Tim (WU) def. Mounir, Ali (NU) 6-4, 6-3
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Parson, Pavlos (WU) def. Vysotin, Pavel (NU) 6-3, 6-4
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Cecchetti, Tommy (WU) def. Bramati, Andrea (NU) 6-2, 6-1
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Nahirniak, Zino (WU) def. Lippolis, Nicolo (NU) 6-1, 6-3
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Earle, Matthew (WU) def. Javadov, David (NU) 6-4, 6-1
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Pieper, Moritz (WU) def. Torrini, Andrea (NU) 6-2, 6-1
Order of finish: 3, 1, 2, 4, 6, 5