TOPEKA, Kan. -- No. 11 Washburn took a 3-0 lead early and held on to win 4-3 over Northeastern State in the quarterfinal round of the MIAA/GAC Tournament on Wednesday morning. The Ichabods will face the No. 3 seed from the North Division, Northwest Missouri on Thursday at 2 p.m. in the semifinals.
Doubles play began with a swift 6-0 victory on court two for No. 28 Tommy Cecchetti and Pavlos Parson giving Washburn (16-5) the advantage early. No. 9 Benjamin Fock and Zino Nahirniak secured the first point of the match defeating No. 39 Mansur Khajimuradov and Alexander Edley at No. 1. Kilian Martinez and Yuto Miyagawa led 4-2 on No. 3 when the point was decided.
Benjamin Fock led off singles play finishing in under an hour with two 6-1 wins on court six. Zino Nahirniak finished just behind him at No. 4, winning 6-1 in both sets as well to put the Ichabods up 3-0. The RiverHawks (6-11) got on the board as No. 41 Kilian Martinez fell 4-6 and 3-6 in two sets on court two.
Northeastern State added another point after No. 43 Pavlos Parson lost a tiebreaker first set and fell 4-6 in the second on the top court. Playing on court five Yuto Miyagawa took his first set to a tiebreaker but came up on the wrong end, 7-6(3). In the second he lost 4-6 as Northeastern State tied the game. No. 44 Tommy Cecchetti opened his dual at No. 3 with a 7-5 win but fell 4-6 in the second set and trailed 0-2 to begin the third. He rallied to win six of the next seven games to win 6-3 and clinch the match.
Doubles competition:
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1. #9 Fock,Benjamin/Nahirniak,Zino (WU) def. #39 Mansur Khajimuradov/Alexander Edley (NSU) 6-2
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2. #28 Cecchetti,Tommy/Parson,Pavlos (WU) def. Luis Denda/James Edley (NSU) 6-0
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3. Miyagawa,Yuto/Martinez,Kilian (WU) vs. Ko Osuga/Tomas Aramburu (NSU) 4-2, unfinished
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Order of finish: 2, 1
Singles competition:
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1. James Edley (NSU) def. #43 Parson,Pavlos (WU) 7-6, 6-4
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2. Alexander Edley (NSU) def. #41 Martinez,Kilian (WU) 6-4, 6-3
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3. #44 Cecchetti,Tommy (WU) def. Mansur Khajimuradov (NSU) 7-5, 4-6, 6-3
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4. Nahirniak,Zino (WU) def. Tomas Aramburu (NSU) 6-1, 6-1
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5. Baptiste Linet (NSU) def. Miyagawa,Yuto (WU) 7-6 (7-3), 6-4
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6. Fock,Benjamin (WU) def. Manuel Brunengo (NSU) 6-1, 6-1
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Order of finish: 6, 4, 2, 1, 5, 3
