Men's Tennis Sweeps Aquinas, Cornerstone on Friday

ALLENDALE, Mich. – Indiana Wesleyan University men’s tennis played two matches on Friday in Grand Rapids, Michigan. IWU opened with a 6-0 win over Aquinas in the first contest and ended the day with a 5-0 victory over Cornerstone.

MATCH VITALS VS. AQUINAS

Score:  Indiana Wesleyan def. Aquinas, 6-0
Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 16-2   |   Aquinas 0-2
Location:   MVP Sportsplex   |   Grand Rapids, Michigan

No doubles matches were played

SINGLES

No. 1:  Eli Steiner (IWU) def. Chase Perry (AQ) 6-4, 4-6, 10-6
No. 2:  Diego Freire (IWU) def. Killian Salgado (AQ) 6-4, 4-6, 10-6
No. 3:  Grant Esposito (IWU) def. Austin Luker (AQ) 6-3, 6-4
No. 4:  Riley Worland(IWU) def. Joad Andre (AQ) 6-3, 6-0
No. 5:  Tyler Abbott (IWU) def. John Elizalde (AQ) 6-0, 6-0
No. 6:  Andrew Block (IWU) def. Tien Anh Tran (AQ) 6-1, 6-1

MATCH VITALS VS. CORNERSTONE

Score:  Indiana Wesleyan def. Cornerstone, 5-0
Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 17-2   |   Cornerstone 4-2
Location:   MVP Sportsplex   |   Grand Rapids, Michigan

DOUBLES

No. 1:  Eli Steiner/Grant Yager (IWU) def. Cocoma/Yucuzio (CU) 8-4
No. 2:  Diego Freire/Riley Worland (IWU) def. Kanstantsinau/Jimenez (CU) 9-8
No. 3:  Tyler Abbott/Grant Esposito (IWU) def. Kleitch/Ribbink (CU) 8-0

SINGLES

No. 1:  Eli Steiner (IWU) vs. John Cocoma (CU) 6-1, 1-0 [unfinished]
No. 2:  Diego Freire (IWU) vs. Mateo Jimenez (CU) 6-0, 5-2 [unfinished]
No. 3:  Riley Worland (IWU) vs. Tomas Yucuzio (CU) 6-0, 3-2 [unfinished]
No. 4:  Tyler Abbott (IWU) vs. Aliaskei Kanstantsinau (CU) 2-6, 2-0 [unfinished]
No. 5:  Andrew Block (IWU) def. Nick Kleitch (CU) 6-1, 6-0
No. 6:  Parker Kalis (IWU) def. Blaise Eisel (CU) 6-0, 6-0

COACH SHIGLEY SAYS…

On the Aquinas match…
“It was good to see the men get their first win of the spring against a scrappy team from Aquinas. The top three singles positions were all close, but we were able to win them all. It’s good to be on the winning side of close matches. Solid win for our men’s team.”

On the Cornerstone match…
“This was our third match within 24 hours. The guys are tired but they didn’t let that effect their play as they dominated Cornerstone. Grant Yager and Eli Steiner are really jelling together in this early spring season at No. 1 doubles. Parker Kalis got the win at No. 6 singles 6-0, 6-0. The guys look good in this young season. It will be a tough match vs. Davenport tomorrow.”

UP NEXT FOR MEN’S TENNIS

Indiana Wesleyan plays on Saturday in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The match begins at 11 a.m.

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