LIMA, Ohio – No. 17 Men’s Tennis got back into the win column with a successful weekend at the UNOH Invite in Lima Ohio. The Wildcats beat #14 Cumberland, Northwestern Ohio, and Lawrence Tech. The Wildcats started the weekend with a big win against #14 Cumberland, the highest-ranked team they’ve faced this year. Over the weekend, Indiana Wesleyan won all three doubles points, only losing one doubles match. The Wildcats were just as dominant in singles winning ten matches, while only losing four. With their victories, the Wildcats improved to 21-1 on the season.

 

MATCH ONE VITALS

• Score:  #17 Indiana Wesleyan def. #14 Cumberland (Tenn.) 4-2
• Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 19-1   |   Cumberland 4-4
• Location:   Westwood Tennis and Fitness Center | Lima, Ohio.

 

DOUBLES

• No. 1:  Grant Esposito/Isaac Steiner (IWU) def. Milosevic/Bochnia (CU) 6-2
• No. 2:  Eli Steiner/Mariano Jalif (IWU) def. Bagnera/Sarpa (CU) 6-1
• No. 3:  Trey Thixton/Riley Worland (IWU) def. Ramirez/Roman (CU) 6-1

 

SINGLES

• No. 1:  Eli Steiner (IWU) def. Alejo Bagnera (CU) 6-3, 6-4
• No. 2:  Diego Freire (IWU) vs. Til-Felix Bochnia (CU) 3-6, 4-6
• No. 3:  Isaac Steiner (IWU) def. Javier Alonso Egea (CU) 6-1, 6-0
• No. 4:  Grant Esposito (IWU) def. Aleksandar Milosevic (CU) 6-1, 6-3
• No. 5:  Mariano Jalif (IWU) def. Lucas Roman (CU) 6-3, 6-1
• No. 6:  Alex Serwatka (IWU) def. Felipe Sarpa (CU) 6-0, 6-0

 

MATCH TWO VITALS

• Score:  Indiana Wesleyan def. Northwestern Ohio 4-2
• Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 20-1   |   UNOH 4-6
• Location:   Westwood Tennis and Fitness Center | Lima, Ohio.

 

DOUBLES

• No. 1:  Grant Esposito/Isaac Steiner (IWU) def. Conde/Stanchev (UNOH) 6-3
• No. 2:  Eli Steiner/Mariano Jalif (IWU) def. Salazar/Ayguavives (UNOH) 7-6
• No. 3:  Martin Carrizo/Trey Thixton (IWU) vs. Lamy/Kaplusch (UNOH) 5-7

 

SINGLES

• No. 1:  Martin Carrizo (IWU) def. Marcos Salazar (UNOH) 6-7, 6-3, 7-5
• No. 2:  Eli Steiner (IWU) vs. Sergio Conde (UNOH) 6-3, 6-7, 6-7
• No. 3:  Diego Freire (IWU) vs. Martin Stanchev (UNOH) 1-6, 6-3, 2-6
• No. 4:  Isaac Steiner (IWU) def. Malik Omarkhanov (UNOH) 7-6, 6-2
• No. 5:  Grant Esposito (IWU) vs. David Ayguavives (UNOH) No Decision
• No. 6:  Mariano Jalif (IWU) def. Santiago Ortiz (UNOH) 6-2, 6-2

 

MATCH THREE VITALS

• Score:  Indiana Wesleyan def. Lawrence Tech.  4-0
• Records:  Indiana Wesleyan 21-1   |   Lawrence Tech 2-3
• Location:   Westwood Tennis and Fitness Center | Lima, Ohio.

 

DOUBLES

• No. 1:  Grant Esposito/Isaac Steiner (IWU) vs. Alexander Tammaro/Alex Fernandez-Rajal (LT) 6-2
• No. 2:  Martin Carrizo/Diego Freire (IWU) def. William Burgess/Lukas Obel (LT) 6-1
• No. 3:  Jason Wagener/Riley Worland (IWU) def. Pedro Garcia-Orellana/Nicolas Damotta (LT) 6-1

 

SINGLES

• No. 1:  Martin Carrizo (IWU) vs. Alex Tammaro (LT) Did Not Play
• No. 2:  Eli Steiner (IWU) vs. Pedro Garcia-Orellana (LT) DNF
• No. 3:  Mariano Jalif (IWU) vs. William Burgess (LT) DNF
• No. 4:  Alex Serwatka (IWU) def. Lukas Obel (LT) 6-3, 6-0
• No. 5:  Trey Thixton (IWU) def. Nicolas Damotta (LT) 7-6, 6-3
• No. 6:  Riley Worland (IWU) vs Diego Colombo (LT) 6-2, 6-2

 

COACH SHIGLEY PERSPECTIVE

• Match One - “Cumberland is ranked #14 in the nation. This might be the highest-ranked team our men’s team has beat in program history. We are excited to get the win. The guys came out firing on all cylinders and never looked back.”
• Match Two – “Great win today versus a really good UNOH team. Our first two matches lasted two and a half hours each. It was a grueling tough match, but a great win. The bottom of our lineup came through today with some solid wins. This makes our fifth win versus a ranked team this year.
• Match Three – “This was an opportunity to get lots of different guys in the lineup and it was great to see everyone perform at a high level. Another solid win for the guys!”

 

UP NEXT

• The Wildcats hold their home opener against IU East on February 21st. The match begins at 2:00 PM at Sutter Tennis Center on the campus of Indiana Wesleyan.

 

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