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Creighton Men's Tennis Shuts Out Northern Colorado 7-0
2/18/2011 9:57:00 PM | Men's Tennis
OMAHA, Neb. - In their third straight match at home, the Creighton men's tennis team defeated Northern Colorado 7-0 on Friday night at Hanscom Indoor Tennis Center. Creighton improved its record to 4-2, 0-1, while Northern Colorado fell to 1-5, 0-2 on the season.
The Jays started off winning the doubles point, also for the third straight match. Finishing first was Gabe Nagy and Ryan Norman in the No. 3 doubles. The duo improved to 3-3 on the season, defeating Alexander Moncada and Andre Lepine 8-2. J.T. Christian and Billy Paluch won their third straight No. 1 doubles match, defeating Travis Day and Ryan Lane 8-3. The win gave the Jays the doubles point. To finish out doubles play, Kyle Obermeier and Sean Mathison defeated Jeff Carlson and Michael Moya 8-7, winning the eighth with a 7-4 tiebreak.
Creighton dominated the singles play to complete the day. Norman improved the Creighton lead to 2-0 when he defeated Andre Lepine 6-1, 6-4 in the No. 6 singles. Finishing a close second, defeating Ryan Lane in straight sets, Paluch won 6-0, 6-1. It was both Norman and Paluch's third win on the season.
Bryan Lube and Nagy switched spots for the match, with Lube playing No. 5 singles for the first time this season and Nagy at the No. 4 spot. Both had a 6-1, 6-2 match final, just reversed the order. Lube defeated Travis Day in the No. 5 singles 6-1, 6-2, while Nagy beat Moya 6-2, 6-1 in the No. 4 singles spot. Lube's win gave the Jays their fourth point of the day, giving Creighton the automatic win, up 4-0.
The No. 2 and No. 3 singles were much closer than any other spot. In the No. 3 singles, Obermeier won set one 6-2, but dropped set two to Jeff Carlson 6-4. Obermeier then won the first-to-ten, 10-7, to earn the win at the No. 3 spot. In the No. 2 singles, Christian defeated Alexander Moncada 6-1 in the first set, then fell 7-6 in the second. In the first-to-ten, Christian won in an extended 12-10 finish.
"We won 7-0 today but it was a pretty close match," said head coach Tom Lilly. "The two and three singles were really close and it was nice for us to earn this win today."
The Jays travel to Lincoln, Neb., tomorrow to take on Nebraska at 5:00 p.m. The team is then off until their spring break trip, where they travel to Orlando, Fla., the week of March 6. Check in to www.gocreighton.com for all the latest on your favorite Bluejay teams.
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