Mustangs Trounce Tigers as GPAC Season Continues
SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. – Morningside men’s tennis team scored another big conference win, defeating Doane, 6-1, at the First Serve Tennis Center.
SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. – Morningside men's tennis team scored another big conference win, defeating Doane, 6-1, at the First Serve Tennis Center.
The Mustangs' afternoon started with a sweep of doubles, as Santiago Minetti and Gabriel Whiston picked up a 6-2 win at no. 2 doubles. The dynamic duo of Mathys Arnold and Jesse Gerth followed with a 6-3 win to clinch the doubles point, and Marcos Menendez Hervella and Alexis Diaz completed the doubles sweep, winning 6-2.
Whiston was quick to advance Morningside's case, winning 6-0, 6-0. His doubles partner matched his effort, as Minetti won 6-0, 6-0 at no. 5, too, and Gerth clinched the match with a 6-1, 6-2 victory at no. 4
Diaz won at no. 2 to keep the shutout alive, winning 6-2, 6-2; and Arnold won 6-2, 6-1 at no. 3.
Doane's lone win in the men's match came as Menendez Hervella took an early lead, winning the first set 6-1, but then fell 7-5 before falling in the super tiebreaker 10-5.
Morningside's men's next outing comes on Thursday, April 16, as the Mustangs travel to Hastings to make up a conference match.
DOUBLES
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Marcos Menendez Hervella/Alexis Diaz def. Diego Infante/Elliot Dassel 6-2
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Santiago Minetti/Gabriel Whiston def. Jaime Asiain Banzo/Andre Hartman 6-2
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Mathys Arnold/Jesse Gerth def. Mats Vervloet/Miles Mollring 6-3
Order of finish: 2, 3, 1
SINGLES
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Mats Vervloet def. Marcos Menendez Hervella 1-6, 7-5, 10-5
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Alexis Diaz def. Diego Infante 6-2, 6-2
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Mathys Arnold def. Jaime Asiain Banzo 6-2, 6-1
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Jesse Gerth def. Elliot Dassel 6-1, 6-2
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Santiago Minetti def. Andre Hartman 6-0, 6-0
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Gabriel Whiston def. Miles Mollring 6-0, 6-0
Order of finish: 6, 5, 4, 2, 3, 1