LAKELAND, Fla. -- No. 8 Washburn took control early and never looked back winning 6-1 over Charleston in a Wednesday afternoon neutral court meeting in Florida. The Ichabods are back on the court Thursday taking on Florida Southern at 9 a.m. CST.
Leading off doubles play on the top court No. 42 Tommy Cecchetti and Kilian Martinez claimed a 6-4 win to give Washburn (5-3) an edge. Benjamin Fock and Pavlos Parson pulled away late, winning a 7-6 tiebreaker at No. 2 to clinch the first point of the match. Yoshinobu Nakatsuji and Yuto Miyagawa led early and went on to win a 7-6 tiebreaker as well on court three to make it a doubles sweep.
Leading off singles play was No. 23 Kilian Martinez as he worked 6-3 and 6-2 victories at No. 2 to put another point on the board. Zino Nahirniak followed closely behind, winning 6-4 in the first set and 6-3 in the second to bring up match point. Benjamin Fock battled to win 6-3 in his opening set at No. 6 and cruised to a 6-1 win in the second at No. 6 to provide the clinching point.
No. 33 Yuto Miyagawa fell 2-6 in his first set at No. 5 but came back to win a tiebreaking second set. He fell in the third as the Golden Eagles (2-6) got on the board from court five.
No. 11 Pavlos Parson went up with a 6-3 win at No. 2 but went into a third set losing 2-6 in the second. He bounced back to take his third set and add another point. No. 33 Yuto Miyagawa fell 2-6 in his first set at No. 5 but came back to win a tiebreaking second set. He fell in the third as the Golden Eagles (2-6) got on the board from court five. No. 31 Tommy Cecchetti worked a 6-4 win in his first set and battled to win 7-5 in the second on the top court to wrap up the match with another point for Washburn.
Doubles competition:
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1. #42 Cecchetti,Tommy/Martinez,Kilian (WU) def. Garcia,Vicente/Pinto,Marcelo (UC) 6-4
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2. Fock,Benjamin/Parson,Pavlos (WU) def. Nordio,Alberto/Pottbecker,Nils (UC) 7-6
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3. Nakatsuji,Yoshinobu/Miyagawa,Yuto (WU) def. Marobela,Batsomi/Lagger,Elias (UC) 7-6
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Order of finish: 1, 2, 3
Singles competition:
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1. #31 Cecchetti,Tommy (WU) def. Garcia,Vicente (UC) 6-4, 7-5
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2. #11 Parson,Pavlos (WU) def. Ryan,Abell (UC) 6-3, 2-6, 10-0
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3. #23 Martinez,Kilian (WU) def. Lagger,Elias (UC) 6-3, 6-2
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4. Nahirniak,Zino (WU) def. Nordio,Alberto (UC) 6-4, 6-3
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5. Pottbecker,Nils (UC) def. #33 Miyagawa,Yuto (WU) 6-2, 6-7, 10-7
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6. Fock,Benjamin (WU) def. Pinto,Marcelo (UC) 6-3, 6-1
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Order of finish: 3, 4, 6, 2, 5, 1
