Bjorkman and Cardestig
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Augustana AUGIE (9-5)
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Winner Millikin MILLIKIN (14-5)
Augustana AUGIE
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Final
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Millikin MILLIKIN
(14-5)
Winner

Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | Morgan Vogels

Men's Tennis Downs Augustana in 5-4 CCIW Battle

The Big Blue men's tennis team took the court for the final time this season on Tuesday, April 18 for a College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin matchup against the Vikings of Augustana College. Millikin pulled out a 5-4 win in the victory to move to 4-2 in conference play this season, 14-5 overall. 

In doubles play, Millikin started off with a win from the team of Hasting Bjorkman and Martin Cardestig, winning their eleventh straight match at No. 1 by an 8-3 margin over Gabriel Luna and Arthur Hermange. The pair is 16-1 on the season in doubles play, undefeated in CCIW play. The Vikings evened the score at the conclusion of the No. 2 doubles match, with Quentin Essayie and Nicolas Navarro defeating Clayton Maack and Theodor Wolf in a 4-8 contest. The Big Blue fell behind 1-2 heading into singles play when Cole Phillips and Rodrigo Laux fell in a tiebreaker fashion to Gustavo Fontenelle and Timothee Philip 7-8 in a 6-8 tiebreaker. 

On the singles side, the Vikings took the first singles match to finish at No. 6 with Laux falling to Navarro in 1-6, 0-6 sets. Phillips was the victor at No. 5, downing Philip in twin 6-2 sets. Maack pulled the match even with a win over Deepak Vayara at No. 2, winning 7-5, 6-2. Wolf picked up the win at No. 4 over Luna. After being shut out in the first set, Wolf rallied to win the second set 7-5 and the third set 6-4. Bjorkman was victorious at No. 1 to secure the match victory, downing Hermange 6-1, 6-4. The Vikings claimed the final match to finish when Essayie defeated Cardestig at No. 3 (6-4, 2-6, 6-7 (5-7)). 

The Big Blue will finish out conference play on the road at Elmhurst University on Tuesday, April 25 before the CCIW Tournament begins on Thursday, April 27. 
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