Foresters Advance To Crossroads League Finals
HUNTINGTON, Ind. - The #RV Huntington men's tennis team swept the 24th ranked Marian Knights on Thursday in Crossroads League semi-final action. After taking the doubles point, Santiago Sarudiansky and Andres Jimenez won the #1 and #2 singles to set up Martin Capdevilla at #4 singles to clinch the match.
SINGLES RESULTS
#1 – Santiago Sarudiansky (HU) def. James Ashworth (MU) 6-2, 7-5
#2 – Andres Jimenez (HU) def. Tjark Kunkel (MU) 6-3, 6-1
#3 – Julian Tantera (HU) vs. Jan Bartolome (MU) 6-7 (6), 4-3, DNF
#4 – Martin Capdevilla (HU) def. Juan Garcia-Tunon (MU) 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
#5 – Pablo Lopez Real (HU) vs. Marco Ramos Cabrera (MU) 5-7, 7-5, DNF
#6 – Juan Carrasco (HU) vs. Jones McNamar(MU) 1-6, 6-4, 3-2 DNF
DOUBLES RESULTS
#1 – Andres Jimenez/Julian Tantera (HU) def. James Ashworth/Tjark Kunkel (MU) 6-4
#2 – Juan Garcia-Tunon/Marco Ramos Cabrera (MU) def Santiago Sarudiansky/Cristian Rodriguez (HU) 6-0
#3 – Martin Capdevilla/Pablo Lopez Real (HU) def. Jan Bartolome/Jones McNamar (MU) 6-4
THE ESSENTIALS
Location: Klopfenstein Courts | Huntington, Ind.
Records: HU 9-1, 7-1 | Marian 7-3, 6-2
W/L Streaks: HU W-3 | Marian L-1
NAIA Top-25 Rankings: HU - #RV | Marian - #24
LOOKING FORWARD
Crossroads League tournament finals are scheduled for Saturday, October 5th. The Foresters will travel to top-seeded Grace to take on the #20 nationally ranked Lancers in a rematch of an intense battle that took place in mid-September. The doubles matches will begin at 11:00 a.m. at The Dan Cramer Tennis Courts in Winona Lake, Ind.
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.