Mustangs Get Spring Underway with 6-1 Victory Over IWU

MOLINE, Ill. – Morningside men's tennis team picked up right where it left off last fall, picking up a 6-1 win over Indiana Wesleyan at the Quad Cities Tennis Club.

The Mustangs, meeting the Wildcats near the halfway point between Sioux City and Marion, Ind., started the match strong with a sweep of doubles to take the doubles point. Santiago Minetti and Gabriel Whiston were the first Morningsiders in the book, with a 6-3 win at no. 3 doubles. Marcos Menendez Hervella and Alexis Diaz followed with a 7-6 win after picking up a 7-3 tiebreaker, and Mathys Arnold and Jesse Gerth completed the doubles sweep with a 7-5 victory.

Arnold was quick to add to Morningside's lead with a 6-2, 6-1 win in the no. 3 singles position. Diaz made it 3-1 with a 6-3, 4-6, 11-9 victory at no. 2, and Minetti secured the win in a 6-1, 60 victory.

Whiston kept the wins coming for Morningside with a 6-1, 6-4 win in the no. 6 spot, and Gerth rounded out the lineup at no. 4 with a 7-5, 4-6, 10-1 win.

Morningside opens the First Serve Tennis Center, its home away from home, for the spring on Friday, Feb. 6 in a 5 p.m. contest with Kansas Wesleyan

DOUBLES

1. Marcos Menedez Hervella/Alexis Diaz def. Michail Klinkov/Mattheus Lima 7-6 (7-3)

2. Mathys Arnold/Jesse Gerth def. Valentino Trento/Timo Fischer 7-5

3. Santiago Minetti/Gabriel Whiston def. Carter Poquette / Isaiah Hostetler 6-3

Order of finish: 3, 1, 2

SINGLES

1. Mattheus Lima def. Marcos Menendez Hervella 6-3, 4-6, 10-6

2. Alexis Diaz def. Michail Klinkov 6-3, 4-6, 11-9

3. Mathys Arnold def. Timo Fischer 6-2, 6-1

4. Jesse Gerth def. Valentino Trento 7-5, 4-6, 10-1

5. Santiago Minetti def. Carter Poquette 6-0, 6-1

6. Gabriel Whiston def. Isaiah Hostetler 6-1, 6-4 

Order of finish: 3, 1, 2, 5, 6, 4