Box Score WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – IUPUI men's tennis was pushed to the edge in its quarterfinal match against Green Bay, coming back from down 0-3 to beat the Phoenix 4-3 and move on to the Horizon League Men's Tennis Championship Semifinal.
The match started off well for the Jaguars with
Bradley Luetschwager and
Kyle Whittaker teaming for a 6-2 win at No. 2 doubles but Green Bay tied up doubles play with a 6-4 win over
Alex Jochim and
Colton Morehart at No. 1. The doubles point came down to the No. 3 match and Green Bay edged out
Sean Bailey and
Ethan Mardanus-Budiono 7-5 to take the first point.
Things looked bleak for IUPUI after Green Bay won the No. 2 match over Bailey by a score of 6-4, 6-2 and held a 3-0 lead in the match with a 6-3, 6-3 win over Jochim in the No. 1 match.
The first point IUPUI scored in the match came from Hollingsworth, who won his No. 5 match 6-4, 6-2. Luetschwager kept the Jags alive with a 7-5, 6-3 win at No. 6 and Mardanus-Budiono tied up the match with a 7-5, 6-3 win of his own at No. 4.
The match came down to the No. 3 match and IUPUI freshman Morehart. After dropping the first set 4-6, Morehart knotted up the match with a 7-6 (7-3) tie break win in set two. In the final set, Morehart jumped out to a 5-1 lead and was broke once as Green Bay's Miles McDowell pulled the set to 5-4, but Morehart came through and served out the match, winning set three 6-4 and sending IUPUI in to the next round.
UP NEXT
IUPUI will go up against the No. 1 seed Cleveland State Vikings in the semifinals with the match scheduled to begin on Saturday (April 27) at 11 a.m. at the Schwartz Tennis Center in West Lafayette, Ind.
IUPUI 4, Green Bay 3
Singles competition
1. Ling, James (GB) def.
Alex Jochim (IUPUI) 6-3, 6-3
2. Croxford, Charlie (GB) def.
Sean Bailey (IUPUI) 6-4, 6-2
3.
Colton Morehart (IUPUI) def. McDowall, Miles (GB) 4-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-4
4. Ethan Mardanus-Budio (IUPUI) def. Wadhwa, Dipin (GB) 7-5, 6-3
5.
Eric Hollingsworth (IUPUI) def. Napier, Lachlan (GB) 6-4, 6-2
6.
Bradley Luetschwager (IUPUI) def. Radomirovic, Ivan (GB) 7-5, 6-3
Doubles competition
1. Ling, James/McDowall, Miles (GB) def.
Alex Jochim/
Colton Morehart (IUPUI) 6-4
2.
Bradley Luetschwager/
Kyle Whittaker (IUPUI) def. Ridout, Charlie/Wadhwa, Dipin (GB) 6-2
3. Napier, Lachlan/Croxford, Charlie (GB) def.
Sean Bailey/Ethan Mardanus-Budio (IUPUI) 7-5