It was Shutout Saturday for the Wabash College tennis team. The Little Giants scored a 9-0 home win over Principia College to open the day before shutting out Earlham College 7-0 in the nightcap.
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Wabash (4-3) opened with a sweep at doubles against Principia (6-2).
Alvaro Alonso-Sanchez and
Cole Borden picked up an 8-2 victory in the first doubles flight.
Liam Grennon and
Cole Shifferly combined for an 8-2 win in the second doubles matchup.
Augusto Ghidini and
Ethan Koeneman won an 8-7 third doubles flight with a 7-3 victory in the tiebreaker.
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Alonso-Sanchez needed three sets but picked up a victory at number one singles 6-4, 4-6, 10-4. Boden won in straight sets (6-3, 6-1) at number two singles. Shifferly won his third singles flight 6-0, 6-1. Ghidini rallied from a first-set loss (6-4) to win the final two sets 6-2, 10-6 for a victory at number four singles.
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Grennon won in straight sets (6-2, 6-2) in the fifth singles flight.
Tharakesh Ashokar won 6-1, 6-1 at number six singles to complete the sweep.
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Ghidini and Koeneman got Wabash started in the second match against Earlham (0-3)Â with an 8-4 win at number one doubles.
Jett Brownlee and
Cole Langston combined for an 8-0 shutout win at number two doubles.
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Ghidini claimed a straight-set 6-3, 6-2 victory at number one singles versus the Quakers. Ashokar scored a 6-2, 6-1 win at number two singles.
Christan Zimmerman picked up a 6-0, 6-0 shutout win in the third singles flight.
Blake Discher II also won 6-0, 6-0 at number four singles. Brownlee ended the match with a 6-0, 6-0 win at number five singles.
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Wabash travels to Orlando, Florida, to begin a series of matches during the College's spring break, starting with a match against Otterbein University on March 6.
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