Posted: Mar 15, 2017

Men's Tennis downs Greenville, falls to Shepherd

Team Stats

Greenville

Concordia Wisconsin

Score

Doubles

Nate Wieland / Justin Tilford (GC)
def. Forster, James / Guendel, Brad (CUW)

9-7

Docter, Christian / Schaffner, Ceejay (CUW)
def. Blake Gocey / Austin Burkhart (GC)

8-3

Binversie, Gabe / Budewitz, Trevor (CUW)
def. Dustin Vincent / Jeremiah Brannon (GC)

8-1

Singles

Nate Wieland (GC)
def. Forster, James (CUW)

6-3, 6-3

Blake Gocey (GC)
def. Docter, Christian (CUW)

6-3, 2-6, 1-0 (10-6)

Schaffner, Ceejay (CUW)
def. Justin Tilford (GC)

6-2, 6-4

Guendel, Brad (CUW)
def. Austin Burkhart (GC)

6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (10-7)

Binversie, Gabe (CUW)
def. Dustin Vincent (GC)

6-1, 6-0

Raskin, Nathan (CUW)
def. Brock Renshaw (GC)

6-2, 6-0

Team Stats

Shepherd

Concordia Wisconsin

Score

Doubles

Davis, Carter / Davis, Grant (SHEP)
def. Forster, James / Guendel, Brad (CUW)

9-8 (7-0)

Thomas, Austin / Lochner, Kaleb (SHEP)
def. Schaffner, Ceejay / Docter, Christian (CUW)

8-4

Binversie, Gabe / Budewitz, Trevor (CUW)
def. Charette, Lewis / Smith, Clayton (SHEP)

8-4

Singles

Davis, Carter (SHEP)
def. Forster, James (CUW)

6-1, 6-3

Davis, Grant (SHEP)
def. Docter, Christian (CUW)

6-4, 6-0

Schaffner, Ceejay (CUW)
def. Charette, Lewis (SHEP)

6-3, 6-3

Binversie, Gabe (CUW)
def. Lochner, Kaleb (SHEP)

6-4, 6-3

Thomas, Austin (SHEP)
def. Budewitz, Trevor (CUW)

2-6, 6-3, 1-0 (10-7)

Raskin, Nathan (CUW)
def. Smith, Clayton (SHEP)

7-5, 6-2

HILTON HEAD, S.C. – The Concordia University Wisconsin Men's Tennis team split a pair of matches in South Carolina Wednesday on its spring trip. The Falcons opened the day with a 6-3 win over Greenville before falling to Shepherd by a 5-4 score.

THE BASICS
- Final Scores: CUW 6, Greenville 3; Shepherd 5, CUW 4
- Location: Hilton Head, South Carolina
- Records: CUW 7-5; Greenville 4-3; Shepherd 5-4

CUW 6, GREENVILLE 3
- The Falcons picked up wins in two of three doubles matches and four of six in singles play for the 6-3 win to start the day.

- In doubles play, the No. 3 team of Gabe Binversie (Plymouth, Wis.) and Trevor Budewitz (Watertown, Wis.) were dominant in netting an 8-1 victory. The No. 2 duo of Christian Docter (Madison, Wis.) and Ceejay Schaffner (Winona, Minn.) also gained a victory, winning 8-3.

- CUW would go on to win four singles matches, winning from the No. 3-6 positions on the roster. Binversie again had little trouble in his matchup, winning at No. 5 singles, 6-1, 6-0. Nathan Raskin (Shorewood, Wis.) gained a 6-2, 6-0 at No. 6 singles as well for the Falcons.

- The Falcons also got wins at No. 3 and 4 singles, including a straight sets match by Schaffner at the No. 3 spot. He netted a 6-2, 6-4 win. Brad Guendel (Greendale, Wis.) also posted a win, needing a third-set tiebreak to do so (6-4, 2-6, 1-0 (10-7)).

SHEPHERD 5, CUW 4
- The Falcons were in a close one in the second match of the day but narrowly fell against Shepherd. CUW won just one in doubles play and split the singles matches.

- Raskin again won at No. 6 singles, netting a 7-5, 6-2 decision. Binversie moved up one spot in the lineup to No. 4 singles gained another victory, 6-4, 6-3. Schaffner also won at No. 3 singles, 6-3, 6-3.

- In doubles play, CUW posted a win at No. 3 doubles with Binversie and Budewitz. The duo won 8-4 for a 2-0 day.

UP NEXT
- The Falcons will take on Lynchburg in a rescheduled match tomorrow morning. The two teams were supposed to play Monday, but rain has forced the match to Thursday morning at 9 a.m. (eastern).