WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The IUPUI men's tennis team opened its fall slate this past weekend, competing in the Purdue Fall Invite at Purdue's Schwartz Tennis Center. The Jaguars competed against players from Ball State, DePaul and Purdue in a three-day format.
Kamil Kozerski and
Canaan Sellers both captured singles wins against players from Ball State and two others,
Colton Morehart and
Noah Viste, earned victories against players from DePaul. Kozerski outlasted Ball State's Nathaniel Webster, winning the first set and then getting to a second-set tiebreaker before Webster retired. Sellers collected a win over Ball State's Petar Petrovic for his first collegiate victory.
Against DePaul, Morehart earned a straight sets win over Jona Gitschel, 6-4, 6-2, while Viste rallied for a three-set thriller over Phasu Sirinit, 6-2, 1-6, 6-2.
In doubles play, IUPUI also fared well against DePaul, taking two of the three matches.
Emil Jankowski and
Alex Jochim won an easy one, 6-1, while Kozerski and
Sean Bailey combined on a 6-3 victory.
The weekend's full results are listed below. This week, selected members of the IUPUI men's squad will head to Knoxville, Tenn., to compete in the ITA Regionals, hosted by the University of Tennessee.
Purdue vs. IUPUI
1: Gabriele Brancatelli (PU) def.
Alex Jochim (IUPUI), 6-4, 7-5
2: Athell Bennett (PU) def.
Sean Bailey (IUPUI), 6-3, 6-4
3: Rohan Sachdev (PU) def.
Blessing Benibo (IUPUI), 6-4, 6-2
4: Julen Morgan (PU) def.
Kamil Kozerski (IUPUI), 7-6, 6-3
5: Tomasz Dudek (PU) def.
Noah Viste (IUPUI), 6-2, 6-2
6: Michal Wozniak (PU) def.
Nicholas Moody (IUPUI), 6-4, 6-3
Ball State vs. IUPUI
1: Danilo Kovacevic (BSU) def.
Sean Bailey (IUPUI), 3-6, 6-3, 6-2
2: Thibault de Negri (BSU) def.
Alex Jochim (IUPUI), 7-6 (5), 5-7, 12-10
3:
Kamil Kozerski (IUPUI) def. Nathaniel Webster (BSU), 6-4, 6-6, ret.
4: Parrish Simmons (BSU) def.
Blessing Benibo (IUPUI), 7-6 (7), 7-5
5: Vince Orlando (BSU) def.
Colton Morehart (IUPUI), 6-1, 7-6 (5)
6: Eli Herran (BSU) def.
Nathan Day (IUPUI), 6-0, 6-4
7:
Canaan Sellers (IUPUI) def. Petar Petrovic (BSU), 4-6, 3-3 ret.
8. Abe Wojtalik (BSU) def.
Nicholas Moody (IUPUI), 6-0, 6-1
DePaul vs. IUPUI
1: Tripp Tuff (DU) def.
Emil Jankowski (IUPUI), 6-1, 6-2
2: Lars Peder Minsaas (DU) def.
Alex Jochim (IUPUI), 7-6 (5), 6-4
3: Leon Huck (DU) def.
Blessing Benibo (IUPUI), 7-5, 6-2
4: Matteo Iaquinto (DU) def.
Kamil Kozerski (IUPUI), 7-6 (5), 6-2
5:
Colton Morehart (IUPUI) def. Jona Gitschel (DU), 6-4, 6-2
6: Sven Moser (DU) def.
Nathan Day (IUPUI), 6-4, 6-2
7:
Noah Viste (IUPUI) def. Phasu Sirinit (DU), 6-2, 1-6, 6-2
Doubles
Cossu/Brancatelli (PU) def. Jankowski/Jochim (IUPUI), 6-4
Bennett/Sachdev (PU) def. Morehart/Benibo (IUPUI), 6-3
Wozniak/Dudek (PU) def. Kozerski/Bailey (IUPUI), 6-4
Morgan (PU)/Sirinit (DU) def. Moody/Viste (IUPUI), 6-3
Adams/Kovacevic (BSU) def. Jankowski/Jochim (IUPUI), 6-4
Simons/Wojtalik (BSU) def. Morehart/Benibo (IUPUI), 6-3
Harren/Petrovic (BSU) def. Kozerski/Bailey (IUPUI), 6-1
Webster/Orlando (BSU) def. Moody/Viste (IUPUI), 6-4
Jankowski/Jochim (IUPUI) def. Wassenar/Tuff (DU), 6-1
Minsaas/Gitschel (DU) def. Morehart/Benibo (IUPUI), 6-3
Kozerski/Bailey (IUPUI) def. Moser/Sirinit (DU), 6-3