The Concordia University Men's Tennis team entered Saturday as one of two unbeaten teams in NACC play this season. After a 9-0 morning win over Marian, the Falcons headed to Madison for a showdown against Edgewood, featuring those two unbeaten teams. The Falcons left Madison as the lone undefeated team in NACC play, winning 7-2 and snapping the Eagles NACC regular season 22-match winning streak in the process.
THE BASICS
- Final Scores: CUW 9, Marian 0; CUW 7, Edgewood 2
- Locations: Marian and Edgewood
- Records: CUW 16-5, 5-0 NACC; Marian 3-8, 1-5 NACC; Edgewood 7-14, 5-1 NACC
CUW 7, EDGEWOOD 2
- The Eagles had not lost a conference regular season match since the 2014 season, a streak of 22 straight. The Falcons snapped that streak by winning two of three in doubles and five of six in singles.
- In doubles play, the No. 2 team of Christian Docter (Madison, Wis.) and Ceejay Schaffner (Winona, Minn.) put CUW up 1-0 with an 8-3 win. The No. 3 team of Gabe Binversie and Trevor Budewitz (Watertown, Wis.) followed suit with an 8-4 win, putting the Falcons up 2-0. Edgewood would gain an 8-5 win at No. 1 singles, making the score 2-1 in favor of CUW heading into singles play.
- The Falcons won four of the singles matches in straight sets, including a dominant 6-0, 6-0 win by Binversie (Plymouth, Wis.) at No. 4 singles. Schaffner won 6-0, 6-2 at No. 3 singles, while Brad Guendel (Greendale, Wis.) posted a 6-3, 6-1 victory at No. 5 singles. Also winning in straight sets was Nathan Raskin (Shorewood, Wis.) who netted a 6-3, 6-3 win at No. 6 singles.
- James Forster (Northbrook, Ill.) won a three-set tiebreaker at No. 1 singles to wrap up the convincing win for CUW. Forster dropped the first set 6-7 before winning 6-2 in the second set. He then won the tiebreaker 10-8 for his singles victory.
CUW 9, MARIAN 0
- The Falcons posted their fourth straight 9-0 NACC win in the morning, sweeping the Sabres in all nine matches. The No. 2 and 3 teams, which were the same as the afternoon, each posted 8-0 victories. The No. 1 duo of Forster and Guendel added an 8-3 win for the Falcons.
- The Falcons rolled out the same singles lineup in the morning and won each match in straight sets, highlighted by Raskin not dropping a point in a 6-0, 6-0 No. 6 singles victory. Binversie added to his impressive day by posting a 6-1, 6-0 win at No. 4 singles, as he dropped just one point in four singles sets during the two wins.
- Guendel won 6-2, 6-3 at No. 5 singles while Schaffner posted a 6-2, 6-4 win in his No. 3 matchup. Forster rolled to a 6-1, 6-1 victory at No. 1 singles and Docter rounded out the Falcons lineup with a 6-4, 6-1 victory in the No. 2 matchup.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- The Falcons are now the lone NACC unbeaten, moving to 5-0 in league matches this season. MSOE and Edgewood each sit one game back with one conference loss.
UP NEXT
- CUW will play its last three NACC matches at home, beginning with a Wednesday contest against MSOE. Action from the CUW Tennis courts is set to start at 4 p.m.
