EMPORIA, Kan. -- No. 13 Washburn won an eighth straight match Saturday morning defeating Emporia State 6-1 on the road. The Ichabods are in action next on Saturday, April 18 beginning at 10:30 a.m.
No. 50 Tommy Cecchetti and Pavlos Parson led off the match for Washburn (13-5, 4-0 MIAA) winning 6-2 at No. 2 doubles. No. 10 Benjamin Fock and Zino Nahirniak secured the doubles point with a late rally to defeat No. 33 Anton Sarunic and Luke West 7-5 on the top court. The Hornets (8-7, 2-1 MIAA) avoided being swept in doubles winning a 7-6(4) tiebreaker over Kilian Martinez and Yuto Miyagawa at No. 3 doubles.
No. 66 Yuto Miyagawa led off singles play making quick work at No. 4 with 6-1 and 6-0 set victories. Emporia State got on the board at No. 2 with No. 46 Kilian Martinez losing 4-6 and 2-6 in two sets. No. 33 Tommy Cecchetti bounced back from a 1-6 first set loss on court three to win 6-1 in the second and 6-4 in the third.
No. 38 Pavlos Parson went into an 0-1 hole losing 3-6 in his first set at No. 1. He flipped the scores to win 6-3 in the second and carried the momentum into a 6-4 third set win to clinch the match. Benjamin Fock won a pair of 6-2 sets on court five to add another point to the Ichabod tally. Moritz Pieper won 6-3 in his opening set at No. 6. and swept the second set 6-0 to wrap up the match.
Doubles competition:
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1. #10 Fock,Benjamin/Nahirniak,Zino (WU) def. #33 Sarunic,Anton/West,Luke (ESU) 7-5
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2. #50 Cecchetti,Tommy/Parson,Pavlos (WU) def. Calvo,Diego/Mazuay,Gwendal (ESU) 6-2
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3. Elbasnaly,Mostafa/SantiagoTorres,Duvan (ESU) def. Martinez,Kilian/Miyagawa,Yuto (WU) 7-6 (7-4)
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Order of finish: 2, 1, 3
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1. #38 Parson,Pavlos (WU) def. Elbasnaly,Mostafa (ESU) 3-6, 6-3, 6-4
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2. Sarunic,Anton (ESU) def. #46 Martinez,Kilian (WU) 6-4, 6-2
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3. #33 Cecchetti,Tommy (WU) def. Calvo,Diego (ESU) 1-6, 6-1, 6-4
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4. #66 Miyagawa,Yuto (WU) def. West,Luke (ESU) 6-1, 6-0
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5. Fock,Benjamin (WU) def. SantiagoTorres,Duvan (ESU) 6-2, 6-2
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6. Pieper,Moritz (WU) def. Kacer,Roko (ESU) 6-3, 6-0
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Singles competition:
Order of finish: 4, 2, 3, 1, 5, 6
