Wabash finished the 2015-16 season Saturday with a sixth-place finish in the North Coast Athletic Conference Men's Tennis Tournament.
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The Little Giants lost 5-4 to Allegheny College in the season finale.
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The match came down to the last singles contest. Wabash trailed 2-1 after doubles play.
Jordan Greenwell and
Kirill Ivashchenko scored an 8-3 win at number two doubles. Greenwell followed with a 6-1, 6-2 victory at third singles to tie the score at 2-2. The Gators grabbed a win at number four singles before
William Reifeis drew Wabash even with a 6-1, 6-2 win in the second singles flight.
Mazin Hakim put the Little Giants in front 4-3 courtesy of a 6-4, 6-2 victory at sixth singles. Allegheny tied the match by winning the fifth singles flight.
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The final team point came down to the first singles flight. The Gators' Thomas Manning earned a 6-3 win in the first set before
Michael Makio rallied for a 6-3 win in the second. Rain forced the players to move indoors to complete the final set, with Manning claiming a 6-2 win to give Allegheny the deciding point.
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Wabash finished the season with an 18-15 record as the 14
th-ranked team in the Central Region. Greenwell's singles win gave him 23 for the year, tying him for the second-most singles victories in a season. Makio ended the year with 23 doubles wins, tying his own school mark of fourth-most in a year.
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