#RV Huntington gets the best of #24 Marian
Huntington, Ind. – There was a lot riding on Saturday's conference matchup featuring the #RV Huntington men's tennis team and the visiting Marian University Knights. After the Foresters won the point in doubles action with wins at the No. 2 and No. 3 spots, Coach Poncio's crew won three of the first four singles matches to seal what turned out to be a 4-3 decision over 24th-ranked MU.
SINGLES RESULTS
#1 – Santiago Sarudiansky (HU) def. James Ashworth (MU) 7-6 (7-4), 6-4
#2 – Andres Jimenez (HU) def. Bogdan Precupescu (MU) 7-5, 7-6 (8-6)
#3 – Tjark Kunkle (MU) def. Martin Capdevilla (HU) 6-4, 6-4
#4 – Julian Tantera (HU) def. Marcos Ramos Cabrera (MU) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4
#5 – Marc Soriano (MU) def. Pablo Lopez Real (HU) 3-6, 7-6 (7-5), 10-6
#6 – Jan Bartolome (MU) def. Juan Carrasco (HU) 6-3, 6-3
DOUBLES RESULTS
#1 – Tjark Kunkle/James Ashworth (MU) def. Juan Carrasco/Santiago Sarudiansky (HU) 6-3
#2 – Andres Jimenez/Julian Tantera (HU) def. Juan Garcia/Marcos Ramos Cabrere (MU) 6-3
#3 – Martin Capdevilla/Pablo Lopez Real (HU) def. Marc Soriano/Jam Bartolome (MU) 7-5
THE ESSENTIALS
Location: Klopfenstein Courts | Huntington, Ind.
Records: HU 3-0, 3-0 | Marian 2-1, 2-1
W/L Streaks: HU W-3 | Marian L-1
NAIA Top-25 Rankings: HU – Receiving votes | Marian - #24
LOOKING FORWARD
Huntington hits the road to face Bethel on Monday at 11:00 a.m.
OTHER NOTABLES
Today's matchup was likely the key to who settles atop of the conference standings by season's end. Since 2021, the Foresters have racked up five wins against just one loss to the Knights with that loss coming last year, a 4-1 decision, in the league tournament.
The Huntington University Foresters compete in 18 intercollegiate sports for men and women. In the past decade, Huntington has produced 160 NAIA All-America honors and 567 All-America Scholar Athlete honors. Huntington University is a comprehensive Christian college of the liberal arts offering graduate and undergraduate programs in more than 70 academic concentrations. U.S. News & World Report ranks Huntington among the best colleges in the Midwest.