Men's Tennis moves to top of NACC standings with two Saturday wins
The Concordia University Men's Tennis team entered Saturday as one of two unbeaten teams in NACC play this season. After a 9-0 morning win over Marian, the Falcons headed to Madison for a showdown against Edgewood, featuring those two unbeaten teams. The Falcons left Madison as the lone undefeated team in NACC play, winning 7-2 and snapping the Eagles NACC regular season 22-match winning streak in the process.
THE BASICS
- Final Scores: CUW 9, Marian 0; CUW 7, Edgewood 2
- Locations: Marian and Edgewood
- Records: CUW 16-5, 5-0 NACC; Marian 3-8, 1-5 NACC; Edgewood 7-14, 5-1 NACC
CUW 7, EDGEWOOD 2
- The Eagles had not lost a conference regular season match since the 2014 season, a streak of 22 straight. The Falcons snapped that streak by winning two of three in doubles and five of six in singles.
- In doubles play, the No. 2 team of Christian Docter (Madison, Wis.) and Ceejay Schaffner (Winona, Minn.) put CUW up 1-0 with an 8-3 win. The No. 3 team of Gabe Binversie and Trevor Budewitz (Watertown, Wis.) followed suit with an 8-4 win, putting the Falcons up 2-0. Edgewood would gain an 8-5 win at No. 1 singles, making the score 2-1 in favor of CUW heading into singles play.
- The Falcons won four of the singles matches in straight sets, including a dominant 6-0, 6-0 win by Binversie (Plymouth, Wis.) at No. 4 singles. Schaffner won 6-0, 6-2 at No. 3 singles, while Brad Guendel (Greendale, Wis.) posted a 6-3, 6-1 victory at No. 5 singles. Also winning in straight sets was Nathan Raskin (Shorewood, Wis.) who netted a 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 6 singles.
- James Forster (Northbrook, Ill.) won a three-set tiebreaker at No. 1 singles to wrap up the convincing win for CUW. Forster dropped the first set 6-7 before winning 6-2 in the second set. He then won the tiebreaker 10-8 for his singles victory.
CUW 9, MARIAN 0
- The Falcons posted their fourth straight 9-0 NACC win in the morning, sweeping the Sabres in all nine matches. The No. 2 and 3 teams, which were the same as the afternoon, each posted 8-0 victories. The No. 1 duo of Forster and Guendel added an 8-3 win for the Falcons.
- The Falcons rolled out the same singles lineup in the morning and won each match in straight sets, highlighted by Raskin not dropping a point in a 6-0, 6-0 No. 6 singles victory. Binversie added to his impressive day by posting a 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 4 singles, as he dropped just one point in four singles sets during the two wins.
- Guendel won 6-2, 6-3 at No. 5 singles while Schaffner posted a 6-2, 6-4 win in his No. 3 matchup. Forster rolled to a 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 1 singles and Docter rounded out the Falcons lineup with a 6-4, 6-1 victory in the No. 2 matchup.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- The Falcons are now the lone NACC unbeaten, moving to 5-0 in league matches this season. MSOE and Edgewood each sit one game back with one conference loss.
UP NEXT
- CUW will play its last three NACC matches at home, beginning with a Wednesday contest against MSOE. Action from the CUW Tennis courts is set to start at 4 p.m.
