WICHITA, Kan. - No. 34 Wichita State men's tennis swept Creighton to improve their record against them to 30-0 on Friday at the Coleman Tennis Complex.
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Doubles
The first and third doubles pairs picked up the wins against the Bluejays.
Murkel Dellien and
Marius Frosa shook off their loss to Tulsa with a 6-3 win over Brown/Hoff.Â
Alex Richards stepped in to play doubles with
Stefan Latinovic and they downed Gandini/Inoue for the clinch, 6-2.
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Singles
Dellien improved his win-streak to six with a win at No. 1 over Brown, 6-1, 6-0. Frosa followed in his double partners footsteps by beating Lanahan on the second line, 6-1, 6-1.
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The clinch for the match was provided by Latinovic when he beat Diaz, 6-4, 6-1. He came back down from a 4-3 deficit to win the first set after being up 2-0.
Ray Lo played well on the fifth court, 6-0, 6-3, and
Nicolas Acevedo improved to 5-3 at No. 4 with a 6-4, 6-2 win. The final match of the day was a win for
Luka Mrsic, who had the only three set match of the afternoon, 1-6, 6-4, 6-3.
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Up Next
A top-50 matchup is on deck for tomorrow as the Shockers take on No. 45 Denver at noon at the Coleman Tennis Complex
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Match Results
#34 WSU 7, Creighton 0
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Singles competition
1.
Murkel Dellien (WSU) def. Stratton Brown (CU) 6-1, 6-0
2.
Marius Frosa (WSU) def. Matthew Lanahan (CU) 6-1, 6-1
3.
Stefan Latinovic (WSU) def. Jose Oscar Diaz (CU) 6-4, 6-1
4.
Nicolas Acevedo (WSU) def. Shin Inoue (CU) 6-4, 6-2
5.
Ray Lo (WSU) def. Armando Gandini (CU) 6-0, 6-3
6.
Luka Mrsic (WSU) def. Joe Hoff (CU) 1-6, 6-4, 6-3
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Doubles competition
1.
Murkel Dellien/
Marius Frosa (WSU) def. Stratton Brown/Joe Hoff (CU) 6-3
2. Jose Oscar Diaz/Matthew Lanahan (CU) def.
Orel Ovil/
Luka Mrsic (WSU) 6-3
3.
Stefan Latinovic/
Alex Richards (WSU) def. Armando Gandini/Shin Inoue (CU) 6-2
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Match Notes
Wichita State 10-5
Creighton 5-5
Order of finish: Doubles (1,2,3); Singles (2,1,3,5,4,6)
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