WICHITA, Kan. – No. 65 Wichita State defeated Oral Roberts 4-0 and Washburn 5-0 to sweep a doubleheader at the West Central Genesis Health Club in Wichita. The Shockers move to 7-5 on the year, Oral Roberts dropped to 1-7 and Washburn fell to 1-2. Since WSU defeated Cowley on Wednesday, they are now on a three dual-match winning streak.
The Shockers swept Oral Roberts in both doubles and singles play. Ilija Cuic/Ibian Hodgson defeated Jack Busby/Michael Sosnowski of Oral Roberts 8-1 to begin doubles play. Tomislav Gregurovic/Tin Ostojic clinched the doubles point for No. 65 Wichita State when they won 8-4 against Fabian Zierleyn/Jason Mechali to go up 1-0 into singles play.
Ostojic (No. 20 in the Intercollegiate Tennis Association's Central Singles Rankings) also earned a 6-3, 6-0 victory against Saletovic in singles play. This put the Shockers up 2-0, and Cuic extended the lead to 3-0 with his 6-1, 6-4 win over Zierleyn.
Hodgson clinched the singles portion and the dual-match for No. 65 Wichita State when he took down Sosnowski 6-2, 2-6, 6-4. There was an hour and a half break after the Shockers' match with Oral Roberts before they competed against Washburn.
The Shockers' dual-match with the Ichabods began with a Gregurovic/Ostojic win. They defeated Bobby Florence/Arek Kozaczuk of Washburn by a score of 8-2. Cuic/Hodgson took down Washburn's Chance Joost/Jacob Long 8-3 to clinch the doubles portion.
Although No. 65 Wichita State had already earned the doubles point and was up 1-0 in their dual-match against Washburn, the doubles matchup between Guillermo de Vilchez/Guillermo Nicol from WSU and Marko Keulers/Thilo Schlenker still finished, with de Vilchez/Nicol winning 8-7(6).
Cuic finished his match first because his opponent, Florence, retired late in the match due to injury. Because of this, Cuic defeated Florence 6-1, 4-1 (ret.). Gregurovic then beat Schlenker 6-4, 6-4. Both Cuic and Gregurovic's wins together in singles play took the dual-match score from 1-0 to 3-0.
Ostojic defeated Kozaczuk 6-3, 6-0 to clinch the dual-match for the Shockers to extend the Shocker lead to 4-0. Since the Nicol/Joost singles matchup nearly finished simultaneously with the Ostojic/Kozaczuk singles matchup, the Nicol/Joost match was still completed. Nicol ended up earning a 6-4, 6-0 victory over Joost to give the Shockers the 5-0 dual-match win over Washburn.
The next Shocker dual-match will be on Saturday, March 1 against No. 55 Texas Tech at the Sheldon Coleman Tennis Complex at noon.
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#65 Wichita State 4, Oral Roberts 0
Singles Competition
1. Ilija Cuic (WSUM) def. Fabian Zierleyn (ORU) 6-1, 6-4
2. Tin Ostojic (WSUM) def. Amar Saletovic (ORU) 6-3, 6-0
3. Tomislav Gregurovic (WSUM) vs. Jack Busby (ORU) 4-6, 7-6(3), 1-2, unfinished
4. Guillermo de Vilchez (WSUM) vs. Parker Allen (ORU) 7-5, 5-4, unfinished
5. Ibian Hodgson (WSUM) def. Michael Sosnowski (ORU) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4
6. Guillermo Nicol (WSUM) vs. Cole Guy (ORU) 6-0, 4-1, unfinished
Doubles Competition
1. Tomislav Gregurovic/Tin Ostojic (WSUM) def. Fabian Zierleyn/Jason Mechali (ORU) 8-4
2. Guillermo de Vilchez/Guillermo Nicol (WSUM) vs. Parker Allen/Amar Saletovic (ORU) 5-4, unfinished
3. Ilija Cuic/Ibian Hodgson (WSUM) def. Jack Busby/Michael Sosnowski (ORU) 8-1
Match Notes:
Oral Roberts 1-7
Wichita State 6-5; National ranking #65
Order of finish: Doubles (3,1); Singles (2,1,5)
#65 Wichita State 5, Washburn 0
Singles Competition
1. Ilija Cuic (WSUM) def. Bobby Florence (WASH) 6-1, 4-1, retired
2. Tin Ostojic (WSUM) def. Arek Kozaczuk (WASH) 6-3, 6-0
3. Tomislav Gregurovic (WSUM) def. Thilo Schlenker (WASH) 6-4, 6-4
4. Guillermo de Vilchez (WSUM) vs. Marko Keulers (WASH) 4-6, 2-1, unfinished
5. Guillermo Nicol (WSUM) def. Chance Joost (WASH) 6-4, 6-0
6. Ibian Hodgson (WSUM) vs. Jacob Long (WASH) 4-1, unfinished
Doubles Competition
1. Tomislav Gregurovic/Tin Ostojic (WSUM) def. Bobby Florence/Arek Kozaczuk (WASH) 8-2
2. Guillermo de Vilchez/Guillermo Nicol (WSUM) def. Marko Keulers/Thilo Schlenker (WASH) 8-7(6)
3. Ilija Cuic/Ibian Hodgson (WSUM) def. Chance Joost/Jacob Long (WASH) 8-3
Match Notes:
Washburn 1-2
Wichita State 7-5; National ranking #65
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (1,3,2,5)