DUBUQUE, Iowa – MSOE men's tennis continued their month of tri-matches on Saturday afternoon, heading to Iowa to take on both Loras and Cornell. While the Raiders snapped their five match losing streak by taking down the Duhawks by the score of 5-4, things were reversed when they well to the Rams later that afternoon by the same score.
MATCH SCORES
MSOE – 5
Loras – 4
Cornell – 5
MSOE – 4
DOUBLES WINNERS
vs. Loras
Luke Nelson/David Chon DEFEAT Barth/Blomquist (8-5)
Ryan Emerich/Alec Dam DEFEAT Gelski/Collins (7-6)
vs. Cornell
Nelson/Chon DFEAT Kishimoto/Dzurisin (8-6)
Joshua Fay/Nathan Chapman DEFEAT Colorado/Okazaki (8-4)
SINGLES WINNERS
vs. Loras
Nelson DEFEATS Blomquist (6-0, 7-5, 10-5)
Chon DEFEATS Collins (6-0, 6-0)
Dam DEFEATS Linkenheld (3-6, 7-5, 10-4)
vs. Cornell
Michael Emerich WINS VIA RETIREMENT OVER Colorado (6-1)
Benjamin Steves DEFEATS Okazaki (6-2, 6-3)
PLAYER OF THE MATCH
Alec Dam and Luke Nelson both were superb in the time they played on Saturday. Dam clinched the teams win over Loras with a victory in a third set tiebreak during his No. 3 singles match. He also took home the "w" in doubles competition against the Duhawks before sitting against Cornell. Nelson was on the winning end of three different matches on Saturday, taking home victories with David Chon in both of his doubles competitions before winning a come from behind singles match in the No. 1 spot against Loras.
WHAT'S NEXT
The Raiders will have about two weeks off before seeing action again out on the hardcourt. They'll take on Elmhurst next on March 14th starting at 5:00 pm in Illinois.
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