NEW ALBANY, Miss. - Indiana Wesleyan men's tennis won their exhibition match 6-3 against Itawamba Community College in the morning, and then came back against a tough Blue Mountain College team and won 4-2.  Today, everyone on the team was able to play at least one of the two matches. Alex Serwatka played his best tennis of the spring, winning easily in the morning and came back from down 5-1 in the first set against BMC to win 7-6, 6-2. Isaac Steiner also swept his singles matches. 


 

MATCH ONE VITALS

 

• Score: IWU def. Itawamba CC, 6-3
• Records: IWU 9-10 I OKC 2-5
• Location: Fulton, Miss. / Johnson-Parlow Courts
• NAIA Top-25 Rankings: IWU - Unranked | ICC - Unranked

 

DOUBLES

 

• No. 1: Mendes/Moreira (ICC) def. Alex Serwatka/Lennart Bengtsson (IWU) 7-6
• No. 2: Teeple/Moorman (ICC) def. Isaac Steiner/Riley Fuqua (IWU) 7-5
• No. 3: Noah Lyons/Grant Wayner (IWU) def. Walker/Morgan (ICC) 6-1

SINGLES

 

• No. 1: Isaac Steiner (IWU) vs. Mendes (ICC) 6-1, 6-4
• No. 2: Moreira (ICC) def. Lennart Bengtsson (IWU) 7-5, 6-2
• No. 3: Alex Serwatka (IWU) def. Moorman (ICC) 6-0, 6-2
• No. 4: Riley Fuqua (IWU) def. Teeple (ICC) 6-2, 6-3
• No. 5: Grant Wayner (IWU) def. Walker (ICC) 6-0, 6-1
• No. 6: Noah Lyons (IWU) def. Morgan (ICC) 6-3, 6-7

MATCH TWO VITALS

 

• Score: IWU def. Blue Mountain College, 4-2
• Records: IWU 10-10 I BMC 2-3
• Location: New Albany, Miss. / New Albany Tennis Center
• NAIA Top-25 Rankings: IWU - Unranked | BMC - Unranked

 

DOUBLES

 

• No. 1: Isaac Steiner/Trey Thixton (IWU) def. Van Amerongen/Sakamoto (BMC) 6-2
• No. 2: Yordanov/Sperling (BMC) def. Alex Serwatka/Lennart Bengtsson (IWU) 7-6
• No. 3: Inga/Lopez (BMC) def. Riley Fuqua/Ethan Gray (IWU) 6-3

SINGLES

 

• No. 1: Isaac Steiner (IWU) vs. Amerongen (BMC) 7-5, 6-5
• No. 2: Alex Serwatka (IWU) def. Inga (BMC) 7-6, 6-2
• No. 3: Lennart Bengtsson (IWU) def. Yordanov (BMC) 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
• No. 4: Sperling (BMC) def. Ethan Gray (IWU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
• No. 5: Trey Thixton (IWU) def. Sakamoto (BMC) 7-5. 6-4
• No. 6: Noah Lyons (IWU) vs. Lopez (BMC) 6-3, 2-6, 3-4 DNF

GLEGHORN PERSPECTIVE

 

• "It was a huge day for the men's team," said James Gleghorn, Head Tennis Coach. "We lost the doubles point against Blue Mountain and Alex was way down. It was an incredible effort by him to fight his way back to win the first singles set. It really gave us great momentum as a team. Isaac, Lennart, Alex, and Trey had huge wins in the come back! Grant Wayner was still on court when the match was clinched and I believe he was going to win at #6. Grant played as well as I have seen him play. I am so happy for the team and how well we handled adversity today."

LOOKING FORWARD

 

• The Wildcats will play Rust College in Holly Springs, Miss. on Monday at 12:00 p.m.

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