MARION, Ind. – No. 22 Indiana Wesleyan University men’s tennis dropped a tightly contested 5-4 match to #RV Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) on Thursday in the opening match of the weekend-long Wildcat Tennis Invitational. IWU opened with two wins in doubles but Lewis-Clark State won four of six single matches to earn the victory.

MATCH VITALS

Score:  Lewis-Clark State def. Indiana Wesleyan, 5-4
Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 21-10   |   Lewis-Clark State 6-10    
Location:   Indiana Wesleyan University   |   Marion, Indiana 

DOUBLES

No. 1:  Jackson Lee/Luca Menezes (LCSU) def. Eli Steiner/Grant Yager (IWU) 8-6
No. 2:  Diego Freire/Riley Worland (IWU) def. Alexandre D’Aboville/William Bruchard (LCSU) 8-5
No. 3:  Tyler Abbott/Grant Esposito (IWU) def. Larry Magalasin/Herman Yue (LCSU) 8-3
 

SINGLES

No. 1:  Eli Steiner (IWU) def. Alexandre D’Aboville (LCSU) 7-5, 6-2
No. 2:  William Bruchard (LCSU) def. Diego Freire (IWU) 6-4, 7-6
No. 3:  Grant Esposito (IWU) def. Luca Menezes (LCSU) 4-6, 6-1, 6-0
No. 4:  Jackson Lee (LCSU) def. Riley Worland (IWU) 6-2, 6-3
No. 5:  Herman Yue (LCSU) def. Tyler Abbott (IWU) 6-4, 6-2
No. 6:  Larry Magalasin (LCSU) def. Andrew Block (IWU) 6-1 6-0
 

COACH SHIGLEY SAYS…

“The guys played with tremendous courage and heart but came up just short losing 5-4 to a very good and deep Lewis-Clark State team. We started strong in doubles with a 2-1 lead. We knew they were deep in singles and I just felt like we needed to win all three doubles points. Espo and Eli played well in singles and got us two points, but could not find another point today. The wind was certainly an issue today and felt like Lewis-Clark State made better adjustments than we did in dealing with the wind. We will come back tomorrow and play hard.”
 

UP NEXT FOR MEN’S TENNIS

Indiana Wesleyan plays Taylor (Ind.) at 4 p.m. on Friday at the Sutter Tennis Center.