Mustangs Capture Second GPAC Win in 5-2 Win Over Concordia
March 30, 2026

Mustangs Capture Second GPAC Win in 5-2 Win Over Concordia

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Morningside’s men’s home tennis conference opener against Concordia came with the expected fanfare, as the match pitted the top two teams from last season against each other in a rematch of last year’s Great Plains Athletic Conference postseason tournament title game. The Mustangs came out on top, as they did the two times the teams collided last season, winning 5-2.

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SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Morningside's men's home tennis conference opener against Concordia came with the expected fanfare, as the match pitted the top two teams from last season against each other in a rematch of last year's Great Plains Athletic Conference postseason tournament title game. The Mustangs came out on top, as they did the two times the teams collided last season, winning 5-2.

Morningside won doubles 2-1, taking the doubles point on a Mathys Arnold and Jesse Gerth 6-1 win and a Santiago Minetti and Gabriel Whiston 6-4 victory.

Marcos Menendez Hervella advanced Morningside's cause as the match moved to singles play, winning the no. 1 match 6-0, 6-2. Minetti added a 6-3, 6-3 win in no. 5 singles, and Jesse Gerth secured the team win with a 7-5, 6-2 victory in the no. 4 position.

Whiston wrapped up scoring for Morningside with a 6-1, 11-9 win after dropping a 6-4 opening set.

Alexis Diaz and Nick Velders, the reigning GPAC Player of the Week, went toe-to-toe in the no. 2 match, exchanging blows in a 7-6 set, decided by a 7-3 tiebreaker. With much mutual respect on display, Velders went on to win the match with a 6-1 second set. 

Arnold's singles match was also a slugfest, as the sophomore won the first set 6-1 before falling 7-6 and 10-4.

Morningside's match at Hastings, originally scheduled for this Thursday, has been postponed until April 16. The Mustangs' next match is now scheduled for April 11, when Doane visits the Mason Family Tennis Complex at 11 a.m.

 

DOUBLES

  1. Leo Lopez/Daniel Caballeros def. Marcos Menendez Hervella/Alexis Diaz 7-6 (7-4)

  2. Santiago Minetti/Gabriel Whiston def. Nick Velders/Ognjen Gajic 6-4

  3. Mathys Arnold/Jesse Gerth def. Hugo Fuentes/Ben Chisholm 6-1

Order of finish: 3, 2, 1

SINGLES

  1. Marcos Menendez Hervella def. Hugo Fuentes 6-0, 6-2

  2. Nick Velders def. Alexis Diaz 7-6 (7-3), 6-1

  3. Daniel Caballeros def. Mathys Arnold 1-6, 7-6 (7-1), 10-4

  4. Jesse Gerth def. Ben Chisholm 7-5, 6-2

  5. Santiago Minetti def. Leo Lopez 6-3, 6-3

  6. Gabriel Whiston def. Ognjen Gajic 4-6, 6-1, 11-9

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