Clayton Maack
Kevin Krows/Millikin University
0
Northwestern College NWC (5-3)
9
Winner Millikin MILLIKIN (4-1)
Northwestern College NWC
(5-3)
0
Final
9
Millikin MILLIKIN
(4-1)
Winner

Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | Morgan Vogels

Big Blue Men's Tennis Sweeps Northwestern College

The Big Blue men's tennis team bounced back from Friday's loss against Grinnell College with a 9-0 sweep of Northwestern College (IA) on Saturday, February 25. 

Millikin started off doubles play with an 8-2 victory by Hasting Bjorkman and Martin Cardestig at No. 1 over Leandro Costa and David Bomgaars. In the No. 2 match, the team of Clayton Maack and Theodor Wolf defeated Brian VandenBerg and Arthur Vicente in an 8-1 contest. In the final doubles match, Cole Phillips and Rodrigo Laux teamed up for an 8-3 win over Collin Hamelink and Jack Roisum. 

In singles play, Maack defeated VandenBerg 7-6 in a first set 7-5 tiebreaker before taking the second set 6-1 at No. 1. Cardestig was victorious at No. 2, winning the first set 6-3 before falling 3-6, then winning the tiebreak set to defeat Bomgaars. Bjorkman picked up a victory at No. 3 with 6-3, 6-4 set wins. At No. 4, Wolf beat Vicente 6-0, 7-5. In the No. 5 singles match, Phillips recorded a victory over Hamelink by 6-3, 6-1 set scores. To round out the sweep, Laux picked up a 7-5, 6-3 win over Roisum at No. 6. 

Millikin men's tennis will return to the indoor courts in Decatur on Sunday, March 5 at the Decatur Athletic Club for a matchup against Illinois Valley Community College at 12:00 PM. 
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