STILLWATER, Okla. -- No. 16 Washburn battled back and forth Sunday morning before prevailing 4-3 over No. 6 Lubbock Christian for the second time this season to wrap up the weekend road trip. The Ichabods head to Arkansas next week for two matches beginning against Ouachita Baptist at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 19 in Arkadelphia.
Yuto Miyagawa and Yoshinobu Nakatsuji led off doubles play winning 6-4 on court three giving Washburn (8-5) the early edge. The Chaps (10-5) evened up doubles play with No. 16 ranked Kelly Giese and Mattia Ghedin winning 6-4 at No. 1 over Zino Nahirniak and Benjamin Fock. On court two Tommy Cecchetti and Pavlos Parson held an early lead but were unable to hold off a late rally by No. 18 Pablo Segure and Andres de los Rios as Lubbock Christian took the doubles point with a 7-6(7) tiebreaking win.
The Chaps went up 2-0 to begin singles play with No. 10 Andres de los Rios winning a pair of 6-4 sets over No. 50 Yuto Miaygawa at No. 4. Benjamin Fock battled to win a 7-6(5) tiebreaking first set on court five and carried the momentum to a 6-2 second set win that put the Ichabods on the board. Zino Nahirniak tied the game up on court three with 6-3 and 6-4 victories.
No. 40 Tommy Cecchetti battled early and pulled away late in an extra game in his first set at No. 2 winning 7-5. In the second set he and No. 17 Pablo Segua continued to battle back-and-forth going into a tiebreaker. Cecchetti took a 7-6 (5) win to add a third point. No. 21 Pavlos Parson came away with a 6-4 win in his first set on the top court. No. 3 Kelly Giese came back to win the second 6-3 and carried the momentum into a 6-2 third set win. Playing on court No. 6, Moritz Pieper fell 4-6 in his first set but flipped the match to win 6-4 in the second set, winning 6-4 and 6-3 in the third to clinch the second top-ten victory of the season.
Doubles competition:
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1. #16 Kelly Giese/Mattia Ghedin (LCU) def. Fock,Benjamin/Nahirniak,Zino (WU) 6-4
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2. #18 Pablo Segura/Andres De Los Rios (LCU) def. Cecchetti,Tommy/Parson,Pavlos (WU) 7-6 (9-7)
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3. Miyagawa,Yuto/Nakatsuji,Yoshinobu (WU) def. Andrea RossiPrincipe/Marco Seccia (LCU) 6-4
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Order of finish: 3, 1, 2
Singles competition:
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1. #3 Kelly Giese (LCU) def. #21 Parson,Pavlos (WU) 4-6, 6-3, 6-2
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2. #40 Cecchetti,Tommy (WU) def. #17 Pablo Segura (LCU) 7-5, 7-6 (7-5)
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3. Nahirniak,Zino (WU) def. Mattia Ghedin (LCU) 6-3, 6-4
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4. #10 Andres De Los Rios (LCU) def. #50 Miyagawa,Yuto (WU) 6-4, 6-4
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5. Fock,Benjamin (WU) def. Jordan Georgiev (LCU) 7-6 (7-5), 6-2
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6. Pieper,Moritz (WU) def. Marco Seccia (LCU) 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
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Order of finish: 4, 5, 3, 2, 1, 6
