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Men's Tennis Drubs Bucknell 6-1 to End Florida Trip
3/13/2015 8:53:00 AM | Men's Tennis
ORLANDO – The Creighton men's tennis team drubbed Bucknell 6-1 at the Fort Gatlin Recreation Complex on Thursday afternoon.
Creighton (11-2) has now won seven of its last eight matches. Bucknell (5-6) managed one point against the Bluejays.
The Bluejays won two out of three doubles matches as junior Nick Thompson and sophomore Harrison Lang scored an 8-5 win on court five and junior August Nysted and freshman Alex Koca posted an 8-7 victory at No. 2 doubles.
Two Jays racked up 6-0, 6-1 singles decisions in Koca and senior Elliot Baker on courts three and five, respectively. Sophomore Aaron Chalstrom recorded a 6-1, 6-3 victory at No. 6 singles wile junior Quinn Dippel doubled up his opponent 6-3, 6-3 in the No. 2 spot.
Lang produced a three-set victory on court four. After dropping the first set 6-3, Lang flipped the score to 6-3 in his favor in the second stanza and went on to win the third set superbreaker 10-7 to secure the win.
Bucknell's lone point came on court one.
Creighton is back in action on March 28 at Wichita State.
Bucknell vs. Creighton
March 12, 2015 at Orlando, Fla.
(Fort Gatlin Recreation Complex)
Creighton 6, Bucknell 1
Singles
1. Nick Bybel (BU) def. Jake Norman (CU) 6-0, 6-1
2. Quinn Dippel (CU) def. Bryan Adams (BU) 6-3, 6-3
3. Alex Koca (CU) def. Octavio Canibe (BU) 6-0, 6-1
4. Harrison Lang (CU) def. Maxwell Kane (BU) 3-6, 6-3, 10-7
5. Elliott Baker (CU) def. William Szamosszegi (BU) 6-0, 6-1
6. Aaron Chalstrom (CU) def. Timber Erskine (BU) 6-1, 6-3
Doubles
1. Bybel/Adams (BU) def. Norman/Baker (CU) 8-2
2. Koca/August Nysted (CU) def. Szamosszegi/Erskine (BU) 8-7
3. Lang/Nick Thompson (CU) def. Canibe/Kane (BU) 8-5
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