CEDARVILLE, Ohio. - Indiana Wesleyan University Men's Tennis took on another D-2 opponent in West Virginia State on Saturday morning. The Wildcats lost 4-2 on the neutral court in Cedarville today. IWU had opportunities to win as it was 1-1 in the doubles and Indiana Wesleyan had two match points in doubles to clinch the doubles point, but were unable to get the final point. Down one to zero, the match evened when
Mattheus Lima won a third set super tiebreaker at no. 1 singles. West Virginia State came back quickly with a win at no. 4 singles. Down 2-1, IWU came back to tie the match at two all with a third set super tiebreak win by
Timo Fischer. With the match knotted up West Virginia State was able to win a 10 point super tiebreaker at no. 2 singles to get a 3-2 lead. Down 3-2 the Wildcats were about to take the first set at no. 6 singles when WVS was able to close out the number five singles match to clinch the 4-2 win.
MATCH VITALS
- Match Score: WVS def. IWU 4-2
- Records: IWU 1-1 | WVS 1-0
- Location: Cedarville, Ohio
GLEGHORN PERSPECTIVE
- "Great weekend of tennis against two tough D-2 teams," said Coach James Gleghorn. "We acquitted ourselves well. Looking forward to getting a couple of weeks of practice before we play again."
NEXT TIME OUT
- The Wildcats will play Judson University on September 20th at home for their next match.
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