WICHITA, Kan. -- No. 8 Washburn won a sixth straight match defeating Newman 6-1 on Friday morning into the afternoon to wrap up a month-long stint on the road. The Ichabods return to action at home next Saturday, April 4 against Nebraska Kearney at 10 a.m.
No. 33 Pavlos Parson and Tommy Cecchetti began doubles play giving Washburn (11-5, 2-0 MIAA/GAC) an advantage winning 6-1 on court two. Yuto Miaygawa and Yoshinobu Nakatsuji followed behind, clinching the first point with a 6-4 win at No. 3. No. 14 Benjamin Fock and Zino Nahirniak went into a tiebreaker on the top court with the Jets (0-3) duo. They pulled away in the tiebreaker to win 7-6(4) to sweep doubles.
No. 54 Yuto Miyagawa led off singles play with a pair of perfect sets at No. 4 to go up 2-0 in the match. Benjamin Fock swept his first set on court five before winning 6-2 in the second to bring up match point. No. 31 Pavlos Parson worked a pair of 6-4 sets on the top court to clinch the match.
Zino Nahirniak battled for a 6-4 win in his first set on court three before crusing to a 6-2 win in the second to add another point. Moritz Pieper won 6-2 in his first set at No. 6 and swept his second, winning 6-0. No. 26 Tommy Cecchetti took his opening set 6-4 at No. 2 but fell 4-6 in the second and 11-9 in the third set 10-point tiebreaker as Newman got on the board.
Doubles competition:
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1. #14 Fock,Benjamin/Nahirniak,Zino (WU) def. Javadov,David/Sorokin,Tikhon (NU) 7-6 (7-4)
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2. #33 Cecchetti,Tommy/Parson,Pavlos (WU) def. Dagotto,Genaro/Belardo,Enrico (NU) 6-1
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3. Miyagawa,Yuto/Nakatsuji,Yoshinobu (WU) def. Smith,Noah/Ubeda,Francisco (NU) 6-4
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Order of finish: 2, 3, 1
Singles competition:
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1. #31 Parson,Pavlos (WU) def. Sorokin,Tikhon (NU) 6-4, 6-4
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2. Javadov,David (NU) def. #26 Cecchetti,Tommy (WU) 4-6, 6-4, 11-9
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3. Nahirniak,Zino (WU) def. Dagotto,Genaro (NU) 6-4, 6-2
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4. #54 Miyagawa,Yuto (WU) def. Belardo,Enrico (NU) 6-0, 6-0
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5. Fock,Benjamin (WU) def. Ubeda,Francisco (NU) 6-0, 6-2
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6. Pieper,Moritz (WU) def. Smith,Noah (NU) 6-2, 6-0
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Order of finish: 4, 5, 1, 3, 6, 2
