April 2, 2007

Fort Wayne, IN - IPFW Men's Tennis dropped two matches over the weekend at Lipscomb and Western Kentucky. The 'Dons fell in both matches by a final score of 5-2.

On Friday, the Mastodons were in Nashville, Tennessee for a match with the Lipscomb Bison. The Bison made a clean sweep of the double matches to score the point.

In singles action, Hermann Kuschke and Renan Constantino each won their matches in three sets.

Against Western Kentucky on Sunday, the 'Dons fell by a final of 5-2. The team of Arturo Salgado and Nathan Jones won at #2 doubles but it wasn't enough, as the Hilltoppers took the doubles point.

In singles, Kuschke and Constantino once again won their matches, this time in straight sets.

The Mastodons (6-11) will host Valparaiso on Tuesday, April 3rd at 3 PM.

Lipscomb 5, IPFW 2

Singles:
1. Mike Sherman (LU) def. Nabil Mourad Filho (IPFW) 6-3, 6-1
2. Hermann Kuschke (IPFW) def. Jeff West (LU) 5-7, 6-2, 10-8
3. David Carrillo (LU) def. Nathan Jones (IPFW) 6-4, 6-2
4. Daniel Carrillo (LU) def. Arturo Salgado (IPFW) 6-0, 6-4
5. Renan Constantino (IPFW) def. Josh Cummings (LU) 7-6(2), 3-6, 10-5
6. Colten Jones (LU) def. David Lynall (IPFW) 6-3, 6-2

Doubles:
1. Hangsteffer/Carrillo (LU) def. Mourad Filho/Constantino (IPFW) 8-6
2. Jones/Sherman (LU) def. Salgado/Jones (IPFW) 8-2
3. Carrillo/West (LU) def. Lynall/Kuschke (IPFW) 8-4

Western Kentucky 5, IPFW 2

Singles:
1. Chad True (WKU) def. Nabil Mourad Filho (IPFW) 6-0, 6-2
2. Hermann Kuschke (IPFW) def. Andy True (WKU) 6-3, 6-2
3. Thomas King (WKU) def. Nathan Jones (IPFW) 6-2, 6-2
4. David Bowman (WKU) def. Arturo Salgado (IPFW) 2-6, 7-5, 10-5
5. Renan Constantino (IPFW) def. Sam Patterson (WKU) 6-1, 6-3
6. Matt Broom (WKU) def. David Lynall (IPFW) 6-1, 6-1

Doubles:
1. True/True (WKU) def. Mourad Filho/Constantino (IPFW) 8-5
2. Salgado/Jones (IPFW) def. Krug/Patterson (WKU) 8-3
3. Bowman/Broom (WKU) def. Kuschke/Lynall (IPFW) 8-3

                                                    ~Dons~