MOUNT VERNON, Ohio. - No. 3 Indiana Wesleyan men's tennis secured two much needed wins in their chase for a conference championship on Saturday with a 4-3 victory over No. 25 Marian University and a 7-0 win over Mount Vernon Nazarene University.

 

MATCH ONE VITALS

 

• Score: No. 3 IWU def. No. 25 Marian, 4-3
• Records: IWU 4-2 I MU 4-2
• Location: Mount Vernon, Ohio.

 

DOUBLES

 

• No. 1: Alex Serwatka/Trey Thixton (IWU) def. Griffin/Ilett (MU) 6-3
• No. 2: Isaac Steiner/Ethan Gray (IWU) def. Lopez/Wittenbaum (MU) 7-6
• No. 3: Al Tori/Henze (MU) def. Riley Fuqua/Conner Murphy (IWU) 6-4

 

SINGLES

 

• No. 1: Isaac Steiner (IWU) def. Smith (MU) 6-3, 6-1
• No. 2: Mogle (MU) def. Alex Serwatka (IWU) 6-3, 6-4
• No. 3: Ethan Gray (IWU) def. Bentley (MU) 6-7, 6-3, 10-4
• No. 4: Trey Thixton (IWU) def. Kaytar (MU) 6-1, 0-6, 1-0
• No. 5: Bentley (MU) def. Conner Murphy (IWU) 6-4, 7-6
• No. 6: Loganadhan (MU) def. Riley Fuqua (IWU) 6-2, 7-5

 

MATCH TWO VITALS

 

• Score: No. 3 IWU def. Mount Vernon Nazarene, 7-0
• Records: IWU 5-2 I MVN 0-6
• Location: Mount Vernon, Ohio.

 

DOUBLES

 

• No. 1: Alex Serwatka/Trey Thixton (IWU) def. Hare/Jones (MVN) 6-2
• No. 2: Isaac Steiner/Ethan Gray (IWU) def. Kindberg/Amburgy (MVN) 6-1
• No. 3: Riley Fuqua/Conner Murphy (IWU) vs. Wolfe/Hill (MVN) DNF

 

SINGLES

 

• No. 1: Isaac Steiner (IWU) def. Kindberg (MVN) 6-0, 6-1
• No. 2: Alex Serwatka (IWU) def. Hare (MVN) 6-1, 6-0
• No. 3: Trey Thixton (IWU) def. Jones (MVN) 6-3, 6-1
• No. 4: Riley Fuqua (IWU) def. Amburgy (MVN) 6-2, 6-2
• No. 5: Conner Murphy (IWU) def. Wolfe (MVN) 6-4, 4-6, 10-2
• No. 6: Grant Wayner (IWU) def. Hill (MVN) 6-0, 6-0

 

GLEGHORN PERSPECTIVE

 

• "What an amazing day for the men!  I am so proud of the way they fought against a strong Marian team. Ethan Gray clinched the 4-3 win for the team with a third set tiebreak win 10-4.  The win was set up with amazing doubles play by our top two groups. Isaac showed great leadership to win his #1 singles match. Riley "Nugget" Fuqua played his best match of the year at #4 singles against Mount Vernon. Grant Wayner had another strong outing as well. Overall, the doubles were the key today, and Alex is playing some superb doubles at #1 with Trey. These wins were much needed wins and provides us some great momentum heading into the four tough matches next week."

 

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