Huntington takes care of business in CL quarterfinals with 4-0 win over IWU
Huntington, Ind. – The 2nd-seeded Forester men's tennis team is moving on to the semifinals of the Crossroads League Tournament having breezed past 7th-seeded Indiana Wesleyan 4-0 Tuesday afternoon in quarterfinal action of the tourney at Klopfenstein Courts. The day's most exciting match was at No. 1 doubles where Andres Jimenez and Julian Tantera battled back from a 5-1 deficit to notch a come-from-behind 7-6 (7-5) win.
With tonight's win, HU improves to 8-1.
SINGLES RESULTS
#1 – Santiago Sarudiansky (HU) vs. Ilyas Kouchairi (IWU) 6-4 DNF
#2 – Andres Jimenez (HU) vs. Ethan Gray (IWU) 6-1, 4-3 DNF
#3 – Julian Tantera (HU) def. Leif Clerc (IWU) 6-0, 6-3
#4 – Martin Capdevilla (HU) def. Timo Fischer (IWU) 6-1, 6-2
#5 – Pablo Lopez Real (HU) def. Isaiah Hostetler (IWU) 6-0, 6-1
#6 – Juan Carrasco (HU) vs. Valentino Trento (IWU) 6-0, 3-3 DNF
DOUBLES RESULTS
#1 – Andres Jimenez/Julian Tantera (HU) def. Ethan Gray/Ilyas Kouchairi (IWU) 7-6 (7-5)
#2 – Valentino Trento/Timo Fischer (IWU) def. Pablo Lopez Real/Martin Capdevilla (HU) 6-4
#3 – Cristian Rodriguez/Santiago Sarudiansky (HU) def. Riley Fuqua/Leif Clerc (IWU) 6-2
THE ESSENTIALS
Location: Klopfenstein Courts | Huntington, Ind.
Records: HU 8-1 | IWU 2-7
W/L Streaks: HU W-2 | IWU L-2
NAIA Top-25 Rankings: HU – Receiving votes | IWU – Not ranked
LOOKING FORWARD
Huntington will host 3rd-seeded Marian on Thursday in semifinal action of the Crossroads League Tournament.
OTHER NOTABLES
The Foresters have logged four straight wins over the Wildcats.
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.