LINCOLN, Neb. – The Nebraska Wesleyan men's tennis team closed out the regular season on Saturday by splitting a pair of home matches at Woods Park. The Prairie Wolves started the day with a 6-3 win over Buena Vista University, then dropped a 7-2 decision to Wartburg College.
The Prairie Wolves end the regular season with a 4-4 mark in Iowa Conference play to currently sit 5
th in the league standings. The top six teams in the final regular season standings qualify for the IIAC Postseason Tournament which will be held May 5-6 in Cedar Rapids.
In the win over BVU, the Prairie Wolves took two out of three doubles matches to jump ahead early.
Adam Olson and Matheus dos Santon blanked their opponents 8-0 at No. 2 doubles, then
Jordan Pieper and
Nathan Seaton won by the same score at No. 3 doubles.
NWU won four of the six singles matches, with their two losses both coming in three sets.
Hale Breit swept Aaron Pluym 6-0, 6-0 at No. 3 singles, and
Christian Cannon also won 6-0, 6-0 over Gosler of BVU at No. 6 singles.
Gabriel Sellmer was a 6-4, 6-3 winner at the No. 4 spot and Matheus dos Santon won 6-2, 6-1 at No. 5 singles.
The Beavers won the singles matches at No. 1 and No. 2. Chris Habermann defeated Pedro Behtlem 7-6, 2-6, 10-4 at No. 1 and Jesse Brace edged
Adam Olson 4-6, 6-1, 10-5 at No. 2 singles.
Against Wartburg, the Prairie Wolves picked up one victory in doubles play.
Jordan Pieper and
Jared Scherling defeated Jeremy Ellerby and Colin Jacobs 8-0 at No. 3 doubles. The Knights won the other two matches, 8-1 at No. 1 doubles and 9-7 at No. 2.
NWU's only win in singles play came at No. 6 singles.
Christian Cannon won 6-3, 6-1, over Jacobs to earn his second victory on the day.
The Prairie Wolves will now wait to see if they will earn a postseason spot as the other IIAC schools conclude their competition this week.
