Tiger Tennis Teams Both Split Pair With Concordia, Allegheny
Both the men and women defeat Concordia but drop decision against NCAC rival Gators.
Team Stats
| Game Statistics | Concordia (Mich.) | Wittenberg | Score | 0 | 9 |
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Luke Minard / Timmy McNulty def. Joel Werner / Tyler Tweedale 8-0
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Akbar Tiwana / Kieren Thomas def. Ken Simon / Lukas Mueller 8-3
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Matt Arroyo / Dennis Gleason def. No player / No player FINAL - WALKOVER
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Matt Arroyo def. Joel Werner 6-0 , 6-1
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Luke Minard def. Tyler Tweedale 6-0 , 6-0
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Timmy McNulty def. Ken Simon 6-0 , 6-0
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Dennis Gleason def. Lukas Mueller 6-0 , 6-0
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Kieren Thomas def. Nate Lousingnon 6-0 , 6-0
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Akbar Tiwana def. No player FINAL - WALKOVER
| Game Statistics | Allegheny | Wittenberg | Score | 9 | 0 |
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Thomas Manning / Jai Redkar def. Luke Minard / Timmy McNulty 8-4
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Zach Anderson / Tyler Triolo def. Matt Arroyo / Dennis Gleason 8-4
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Samarth Gopal / Andreas Landgrebe def. Sean Munson / Kieren Thomas 8-1
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Thomas Manning def. Matt Arroyo 6-1 , 7-5
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Jai Redkar def. Luke Minard 6-7 (7-9) , 6-1 , 10-6
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Samarth Gopal def. Timmy McNulty 6-4 , 2-6 , 10-8
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Andreas Landgrebe def. Dennis Gleason 6-2 , 6-4
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Colton JohnsonTaylor def. Sean Munson 6-2 , 6-0
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Zach Anderson def. Kieren Thomas 6-0 , 6-0
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio - The Wittenberg men's and women's tennis teams posted matching results on a busy day. Both defeated visiting Concordia (Mich.) by a wide margin on the courts at Albright Tennix Complex before moving indoors to Five Seasons in Dayton and losing to North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) rival Allegheny.
The split decision left the Tiger men with an overall record of 6-10, while the Tiger women are 3-11. The match against Allegheny did not count against the Tigers' NCAC West Division record.
Against Concordia, the Tiger men were awarded two points by walkover as the visitors had just five players on the trip. The matches that were played were won by lopsided scores, starting with doubles decisions for freshmen Luke Minard (Dayton, Ohio/Oakwood) and Timmy McNulty (Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral) at No. 1 and junior Akbar Tiwana (Lahore, Pakistan/Aitchison) and senior Dennis Gleason (Gahanna, Ohio/St. Charles) at No. 2.
In singles, freshman Matt Arroyo (Cincinnati, Ohio/Princeton), Minard, McNulty, Gleason and freshman Kieren Thomas (Cincinnati, Ohio/Wyoming) were winners across the first five courts. Wittenberg surrendered just one game in those five matches.
The script was flipped later in the day. The match was moved indoors due to inclement weather, and the Gators jumped on top with a doubles sweep. In singles, Minard and McNulty nearly broke through for the Tigers, as each lost a third-set tiebreaker decision while playing the second and third positions.
Written By: Ryan Maurer