DUBUQUE, Iowa — Nebraska Wesleyan University men's tennis bounced back in decisive fashion Saturday, defeating the University of Dubuque 5-2 in American Rivers Conference play to improve to 4-7 overall and 2-2 in the A-R-C.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Prairie Wolves set the tone early, claiming the doubles point with wins at No. 2 and No. 3. Riley Voss and Gavin Nichols opened things up with a 6-2 victory over Jake Westberry and Alexander Gaull, followed shortly after by Zac Briggs and Ian Armbrust closing out Andrew Bollis and Alexander Hardin 6-3. Ashton Rames and Sam Rademacher dropped a close 7-6 decision at No. 1 to Gavin Murrie and Jake Wallrichs, but the point had already been secured.
Nebraska Wesleyan carried the momentum into singles and never let up. In all four of its wins, the Prairie Wolves did not allow more than three games in any set .
Rames was the most efficient, blanking Westberry 6-0, 6-0 at No. 4 without dropping a game. Armbrust matched that effort at No. 6, dispatching Elia DeSario 6-0, 6-0. Glenn McChristian stepped in at No. 5 and was equally commanding, turning in a 6-1, 6-0 win over Gaull. Nichols added a 6-3, 6-3 decision over Wallrichs at No. 2 to put the match out of reach.
Voss dropped a 6-0, 6-1 decision to Murrie at No. 1 singles. Briggs provided the afternoon's most hard-fought contest at No. 3, splitting the first two sets before losing the match tiebreak 10-3 to Tanner Laube, the final singles result of the day.
UP NEXT
The Nebraska Wesleyan men next travel to Simpson on Wednesday, April 15 at 4:00 PM.
