Nils Fischer
JOEYXGRAPHICS
4
Winner Millikin MILLIKIN (9-3)
3
Missouri Baptist MBU (10-4)
Winner
Millikin MILLIKIN
(9-3)
4
Final
3
Missouri Baptist MBU
(10-4)
7
Winner Millikin MILLIKIN (10-3)
0
Webster WEBSTER (4-11)
Winner
Millikin MILLIKIN
(10-3)
7
Final
0
Webster WEBSTER
(4-11)

Match Recap: Men's Tennis | | Morgan Vogels

Men's Tennis Picks up Two Wins in St. Louis

The Millikin men's tennis team traveled to St. Louis, Mo. for a pair of matches on Wednesday, March 25. The Big Blue won both, first downing Missouri Baptist in a close 4-3 match then swept Webster. 

In the first match, the Big Blue took the doubles point with the team of Matthew Kordesh and Thomas Tartari winning 7-5 over Alex Meyer and Britton Struewing at No. 2. Eduardo Vargas and Nils Fischer tipped the scales in Millikin's favor with a 6-2 win at No. 3 over Alex Senica and Drew Black. On the singles side against MoBap, Vargas picked up a win, winning 7-6 (7-4) in the first set, then took set two 6-1 against Meyer at No. 3. Tartari was the victor at No. 4, winning 6-3, 7-5 over Struewing. Jorge Aura secured the final victory at No. 5, winning 6-0, 6-1 over Jack Duncan.

In their second match of the day, the Big Blue swept doubles play with Gillian Nahum and Aura teaming up for a 7-5 win at No. 1, then Kordesh and Tartari tallied their second win of the day, winning 7-5. Vargas and Fischer tallied the final win at No. 3, 6-0. 

In singles play, Nahum recorded twin 6-2 sets to defeat Eli Bartek. Kordesh added a 6-0, 6-1 win over Griffin Olson, then Vargas won at No. 3 in 6-3, 6-1 sets over Jack Forlenza. Tartari earned his second singles victory of the day winning 6-3, 6-1 against Nicholas Granada. Aura totaled a 6-1, 6-3 win over Shawn Smith, and Fischer rounded out the sweep with a pair of 6-0 set victories.

The Big Blue move to 10-3 with the sets of wins. The men will be back in action on Thursday, March 26 when they meet Southwestern Illinois College at the Fairview Park Tennis Complex for an 11 a.m. match.
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