ORLANDO - The IUPUI men's tennis team was upended by No. 65 Creighton at the USTA National Campus in Orlando on Friday (Mar. 10), falling to the Bluejays by a 7-0 score. Creighton (9-3) won the doubles point before taking care of business across the six singles matches in the win.
Alex Jochim was the only Jaguar able to split sets in singles play, doing so at the No. 1 spot against Creighton's Matthew Lanahan.
In doubles play, Creighton won at No. 2 and No. 3 while Jochim and
Tom Ciszewski were deadlocked at 4-4 at the No. 1 spot when play ceased.
Jochim picked up the first set at No. 1 singles by a 6-3 score before falling in a tiebreaker in set two, 7-6 (7-4). He then fell in the third, 10-4, in the loss.
Kamil Kozerski, the reigning Horizon League Singles Player of the Week, lost a tough first set 7-6 (7-4) before succumbing in set two at the No. 3 spot in the lineup to Creighton's Alejandro Gandini.
Tom Ciszewski lost at No. 2 singles 6-3, 6-1 and
Colton Morehart lost at No. 4, 6-1, 6-3.
Nate Day was defeated at No. 5 6-2, 6-2 and
Eli Mercer lost at No. 6, 7-5, 6-2.
The Jaguars will continue training during the trip and will face a pair of opponents on Sunday when they play Fairfield at 8:00 a.m. and Lehigh at 3:00 p.m.