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Match Recap: Men's Tennis | 4/20/2024 6:36:00 PM

Men's Tennis Claim First MSC Tournament Championship Knocking out No. 12 Cumberlands

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#1 Doubles
FINAL	1
Parada, Julian / Ferreira, Vitor (27/-) [CUMBU-M]	7 ⁷
Killian Surmont / Billy Chiang Chia Ch [UCUMB-M]	6 ⁵

#2 Doubles
FINAL	1
Wessels, Daniel / Suarez, German [CUMBU-M]	2
Hung Ju Wu / Martin Muller (28/-) [UCUMB-M]	6

#3 Doubles
FINAL	1
Slapnik Trost, Dan / Hrzic, Adrijan [CUMBU-M]	6
Gabriele Solda / Liam Savio [UCUMB-M]	1

Order of Finish: 3, 2, 1

#1 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Ferreira, Vitor (39/-) [CUMBU-M]	5	4
Martin Muller [UCUMB-M]	7	6

#2 Singles
UNFINISHED	1	2	3	4
Hrzic, Adrijan (30/-) [CUMBU-M]	7	0	1	0
Killian Surmont (36/-) [UCUMB-M]	5	6	4	UF

#3 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Wessels, Daniel [CUMBU-M]	6	6
Hung Ju Wu (38/-) [UCUMB-M]	4	4

#4 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Parada, Julian [CUMBU-M]	6	6
Liam Savio (51/-) [UCUMB-M]	4	4

#5 Singles
FINAL	1	2
Suarez, German [CUMBU-M]	6	6
Pierluigi Cruypennin [UCUMB-M]	2	2

#6 Singles
UNFINISHED	1	2	3
Kalashnikov, Elisey [CUMBU-M]	5	5	0
Lucas Augotr [UCUMB-M]	7	3	UF

Order of Finish: 5, 1, 3, 4

Bowling Green, Ky. - - The Cumberland men's tennis team grabbed their first Mid-South Conference Tournament Championship in school history, taking down no. 12 ranked Cumberlands, 4-1.

Like their semifinals matchup against Lindsey Wilson, it was crucial that the Phoenix took the doubles point and the momentum. After his singles heroics yesterday night, Dan Slapnik Trost and his doubles partner, Adrijan Hrzic, stormed ahead of the pack and won their doubles match in just over twenty minutes, 6-1.

The doubles point did not come so easily though as the pair of Daniel Wessels and German Suarez dropped the no. 2 spot, leveling the affair at 1-1, setting up a crucial top seeded match. Building as much drama as possible, Julian Parada and Vitor Ferreira took the win and the point, but had to win in a set and match tiebreak, 7-6 (7-5).

After struggling to find his footing in yesterday's semifinals match, Suarez managed to win just as quickly as he had fallen, 6-2, 6-2. Cumberland had a strong two point lead with five more courts playing, but the Patriots would not go away easily.

At the pole position Martin Muller took a point for the Cumberlands, knocking Vitor Ferreira out 7-5, 6-4. Just a minute after dropping a point, the Phoenix added back, as Daniel Wessels had a hard fought win at no. 3 singles, 6-4, 6-4.

Continuing his storming run in the tournament, Parada again shined for Cumberland, securing not just the win at no. 4 singles, but the Phoenix's first ever conference tournament victory. His opponent fought hard to come back from a big deficit in the second set, but it was too little too late as CU grabbed the win, 6-4, 6-4.

Both Adrijan Hrzic and Elisey Kalashikov did not get to finish their matches as Cumberland clinched the win with four victories.

The victory gives the Phoenix an automatic bid to the national tournament and yet another loss-avenging effort, evening the season series with the only two teams they lost two in the MSC.

The 72nd annual NAIA Men's National Championships are set to begin May 14th in Mobile, Alabama.

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