FORT SMITH, Ark. -- No. 13 Washburn wrapped up the regular season with a 7-0 sweep over Arkansas-Fort Smith on Thursday afternoon. The Ichabods will be the No. 1 seed in the MIAA/GAC Tournament beginning Wednesday, April 29 in Springfield, Mo.
Pavlos Parson and Tommy Cecchetti led off the match on the top court in doubles defeating No. 43 Eduardo Bribiesca and Brik Arwedahl 6-2 to give Washburn (15-5) the advantage in doubles. Kilian Martinez and Yuto Miyagawa closed the door on the first point with a 6-1 win at No. 2. Graham Faris and Yoshinobu Nakatsuji made it a sweep of doubles winning 6-4 on court three.
In singles play Petr Leipner made his spring debut on court five winning 6-4 in his first set and sweeping his second set. Yuto Miyagawa kept the Lions (5-10) off the board winning a pair of sets, 6-3 and 6-2, at No. 4. No. 43 Tommy Cecchetti cruised to a 6-1 win in his opening set at No. 3 before clinching the match with a 6-3 win in the second set.
No. 42 Pavlos Parson battled through a first-set tiebreaker to win 7-6(3) before falling 3-6 in the second set. He rebounded in the 10-point tiebreaker to win 10-4. No. 44 Kilian Martinez won a 6-2 opening set before losing 1-6 in the second set. He grinded out another point before winning 6-4 in the third set on court two. Moritz Pieper jumped out to a 6-2 first set win and closed out the match with a 7-6(3) second set victory at No. 6.
Doubles competition:
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1. Parson,Pavlos/Cecchetti,Tommy (WU) def. #43 Eduardo Bribiesca/Birk Arwedahl (UAFSM) 6-2
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2. Miyagawa,Yuto/Martinez,Kilian (WU) def. Simeon Latinchev/Nathan Rigault (UAFSM) 6-1
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3. Faris,Graham/Nakatsuji,Yoshinobu (WU) def. Rodrigo Hoppe/Kivanc Bedir (UAFSM) 6-4
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Order of finish: 1, 2, 3
Singles competition:
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1. #42 Parson,Pavlos (WU) def. Eduardo Bribiesca (UAFSM) 7-6 (7-3), 3-6, 10-4
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2. #44 Martinez,Kilian (WU) def. Birk Arwedahl (UAFSM) 6-2, 1-6, 6-4
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3. #43 Cecchetti,Tommy (WU) def. Nathan Rigault (UAFSM) 6-1, 6-3
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4. Miyagawa,Yuto (WU) def. Simeon Latinchev (UAFSM) 6-3, 6-2
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5. Leipner,Petr (WU) def. Kivanc Bedir (UAFSM) 6-4, 6-0
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6. Pieper,Moritz (WU) def. Rodrigo Hoppe (UAFSM) 6-2, 7-6 (7-3)
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Order of finish: 5, 4, 3, 1, 2, 6
