OVERLAND PARK, Kan. - Indiana Wesleyan men's tennis lost a tough 4-2 decision to #8 Lindsey Wilson on Saturday in the ITA NAIA National Indoor Championships. The Wildcats had three close doubles matches but could only win at #1 with Trey Thixton and Isaac Steiner. IWU fought hard to comeback in the singles. Isaac Steiner won at #1 singles quickly followed by Lennart Bengtsson winning at #3 singles for his first collegiate singles win. Lindsay Wilson won at #5 singles to tie the match 2-2. Unfortunately for the Wildcats, they lost at two and four singles in tough matches. 


 

MATCH ONE VITALS

 

• Score: No. 8 Lindsey Wilson def. IWU, 4-2
• Records: IWU 7-8 I LWC 1-1
• Location: Overland Park, Kan.
• NAIA Top-25 Rankings: IWU - Unranked | LWC – #8

 

DOUBLES

 

• No. 1: Isaac Steiner/Trey Thixton (IWU) def. Junqhanns/Marques (LWC) 7-5
• No. 2: Silhavy/Voloshyn (LWC) def. Alex Serwatka/Lennart Bengtsson (IWU) 6-4
• No. 3: Almeida/Chouikha (LWC) def. Riley Fuqua/Ethan Gray (IWU) 7-5

 

SINGLES

 

• No. 1: Isaac Steiner (IWU) def. Chouikha (LWC) 6-0, 6-1
• No. 2: Silhavy (LWC) def. Alex Serwatka (IWU) 6-2, 6-2
• No. 3: Lennart Bengtsson (IWU) def. Junqhanns (LWC) 6-3, 6-3
• No. 4: Voloshyn (LWC) def. Ethan Gray (IWU) 7-5, 7-5
• No. 5: Almeida (LWC) def. Trey Thixton (IWU) 6-0, 6-0
• No. 6: Marques (LWC) vs. Noah Lyons (IWU) 6-0, 5-2, DNF

 

GLEGHORN PERSPECTIVE

 

• "Lindsay Wilson is another tough top 10 team, and we battled well again today," said James Gleghorn, Head Tennis Coach. "We have to learn to win the tough matches in singles before we really take off as a team. With our new lineup, I believe we are a top 20 team and hope we can win enough matches in the next few months to earn an at-large birth."

LOOKING FORWARD

 

• The Wildcats will finish the ITA Indoor Nationals tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. ET against Kansas Wesleyan.

 

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