Creighton University
Nebraska
Huskers Top Men's Tennis 6-1 in Season Opener
1/16/2010 2:00:00 PM | Men's Tennis
LINCOLN, Neb. - J.T. Christian picked up Creighton's lone win at No. 3 singles, but Nebraska was too much for Creighton, as the Cornhuskers dealt the Bluejays a 6-1 defeat at the Nebraska Tennis Center, Saturday afternoon.
"I think we played pretty well," said head coach Tom Lilly. "They [Nebraska] will probably be the best team we play all year and despite the loss it was a good start to the season," Lilly added.
The Huskers clinched the victory early, sweeping the three doubles matches and winning the first three singles matches that were completed.
The dual started with three doubles match wins for Nebraska as Chris Aumueller and David Bendheim topped CU's Billy Paluch and J.T. Christian 8-3 at No. 1 singles.
Bryan Lube and Sean Mathison put up a fight at No. 3 doubles, sending the match to a tiebreak. The Huskers came out on top, however, as Brandon Videtich and Drew Freeman earned a 9-7 win.
No. 2 doubles saw another close match go the Huskers way, as Calin Paar and Eric Sock topped Gabe Nagy and Kyle Obermeier 8-6.
The Huskers got out to a quick start in the singles portion of the match, winning the first three matches. Francois Van Impe made quick work of Nagy at No. 2 singles, winning 6-0, 6-0. Benedikt Lindheim topped Obermeier 6-1, 6-1 at No. 3, and Bendheim followed by beating Paluch 6-2, 6-3 at No. 1 singles.
Christian then picked up the lone Jay victory with his three-set victory over Andre Stenger. Lube nearly posted a second Jay victory, falling in three sets at No. 6 singles with a 4-6, 6-1, 1-0 (10-6) loss to Taylor Boney.
Sock then wrapped up the victory for the Huskers with a straight set win over McAvoy at No. 5, 6-2, 6-4.
The Jays will be back at it next weekend when they travel to Des Moines, Iowa for the MVC Individual Championships. The tournament will run Friday through Sunday. The Jays will have three weeks off before their next dual, the home openr against UMKC on Feb. 12.
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