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Match Recap: Men's Tennis |

No. 7 Ichabods take tussle to No. 40 Hornets in 6-1 win

TOPEKA, Kan. -- No. 7 Washburn rolled to a second straight ranked victory taking down No. 40 Emporia State 6-1 on Wednesday afternoon. The Ichabods are in action next on Sunday, April 13 facing Southeastern Oklahoma State at 10 a.m.  

Doubles play began on court two with Tommy Cecchetti and Vasek Schneider working a 6-2 win. Matthew Earle and Tim Hammes followed just behind, cruising to a 6-1 win over No. 45 Aleix Mattenberger and Gwendal Mazuay to clinch the point. Tommy Cecchetti and Vasek Schneider followed just behind with a 6-2 win at No. 2 to clinch the point. Zino Nahirniak and Moritz Pieper made it a double sweep for Washburn (13-3, 3-0 MIAA/GAC), winning 6-3 on court three.  

Tommy Cecchetti led off singles play, working quickly for a 6-4 win in the first set at No. 4 and carrying the momentum into a 6-2 win in the second. Pavlos Parson played a quick three-set match at No. 3, winning 6-1 in the first before falling 6-4 in the second. He bounced back with a quick 6-1 win in the third to add another point. The Hornets (9-5, 1-2 MIAA/GAC) got on the board as Matthew Earle fell in two sets from No. 6, 6-3, 6-4.  

Zino Nahirniak got out to an early lead in both sets and didn't let up, winning 6-3 in the first and 6-2 in the second at No. 5 to clinch the match. After splitting the first two sets 6-2 one going each way, Vasek Schneider came out on top of a third 6-2 set at No. 2. Tim Hammes won 6-4 in the first before falling 6-3 in the second set at the top court. He bounced back to knock off No. 17 Anton Sarunic 6-2 in the third set to finish out the match.  

Doubles competition:  

  1. Earle, Matthew/Hammes, Tim (WU) def. Mattenberger, Aleix/Mazuay, Gwendal (ESU) 6-1 

  1. Cecchetti, Tommy/Schneider, Vasek (WU) def. Sarunic, Anton/West, Luke (ESU) 6-2 

  1. Nahirniak, Zino/Pieper, Moritz (WU) def. Fahem, Hachem/Kacer, Roko (ESU) 6-3 

Order of finish: 2, 1, 3  

Singles competition:  

  1. Hammes, Tim (WU) def. Sarunic, Anton (ESU) 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 

  1. Schneider, Vasek (WU) def. Elbasnaly, Mostafa (ESU) 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 

  1. Parson, Pavlos (WU) def. Mattenberger, Aleix (ESU) 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 

  1. Cecchetti, Tommy (WU) def. Kacer, Roko (ESU) 6-4, 6-2 

  1. Nahirniak, Zino (WU) def. Fahem, Hachem (ESU) 6-3, 6-2 

  1. Santiago, Duvan (ESU) def. Earle, Matthew (WU) 6-3, 6-4 

Order of finish: 4, 3, 6, 5, 2, 1 

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