Holden Owens
Morgan Vogels, Sports Information Director
7
Winner Millikin University MILLIKIN (4-2)
2
Cornell College CCM (3-4)
Winner
Millikin University MILLIKIN
(4-2)
7
Final
2
Cornell College CCM
(3-4)

Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | Morgan Vogels

Men's Tennis Beats Cornell, Wins Third Straight Match

The Big Blue men's tennis team traveled to Mt. Vernon, Iowa on Friday, February 25 for a matchup with Cornell College. Millikin posted a 7-2 victory for their third straight win. 

The Big Blue started off doubles play on top with Clayton Maack and Holden Owens defeating Chris Penas-Hull and Frederico Polidori at No. 2 doubles by an 8-3 margin. Reiss Naylor and Cory Erickson followed suit at No. 3 doubles with an 8-3 win over Edwin Holyoake and Bryce Fincher. Millikin completed the doubles sweep to take a 3-0 advantage heading into singles with Theodor Wolf and Cole Phillips picking up the victory at No. 1 over Alexander Hadler and Justin Mendez with a score of 8-5. 

On the singles side, Owens was the first to tally a win for the Big Blue at No. 3, defeating Mendez 6-0, 6-4. Cornell earned their first win of the day at No. 2 singles as Polidori took down Wolf. After losing the first set 3-6, Wolf bounced back to take a 6-2 victory in set two, but Polidori proved victorious with a 4-6 margin in the third set. Cornell tallied another win at No. 1 singles to chip away at the Big Blue lead in a 6-3, 3-6, 4-6 match as Maack fell to Hadler. Phillips tallied a singles win at No. 4 to secure the match victory for MU, defeating Penas-Hull 6-2, 6-1. Erickson was victorious at No. 5 singles with a 7-5, 6-0 win over Holyoake, and Justin Caldwell rounded out singles play for Millikin with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over Michael Coester. 

Millikin continues their Iowa road trip with two matches on Saturday, February 26 in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Big Blue will take on the host Kohawks of Coe College in the morning before matching up with the Duhawks of Loras College in the afternoon. 
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