ELSAH, Illinois --- The Wabash College tennis team scored two 7-0 wins on Saturday to improve to 7-2 for the season. The Little Giants defeated Simpson College from Iowa 7-0 in the first match before knocking off host Principia College 7-0 in the second contest.
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Wabash won all three doubles matches against Simpson, starting with a 6-4 win by
Vittorio Bona and
Ethan Koeneman at number one singles.
Eric Tien and
Eduardo Werneck combined for a 6-0 shutout at number two singles.
Jett Brownlee and
Blake Discher II earned a 6-0 shutout win in the third doubles flight.
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Bona won his number-one singles match 6-0, 6-1. Werneck scored a 6-4, 1-6, 10-6 victory at number two singles. Tien picked up a 6-3, 6-2 win in the third singles flight to secure the team win. Brownlee added a 6-0, 6-1 win at number four singles. Sam Solo Garcia won 6-0, 6-0 at number five singles, as did
Faustino Dimuro at number six singles.
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The Little Giants swept the three doubles matches in the second contest against Principia.
Augusto Ghidini and
Cole Shifferly won 6-3 in the first doubles match.
Rafael Rin and
Murilo Guarniari scored a 7-5 victory in the second doubles flight. Tharkesh Ashokar and Bona combined for a 6-0 win at number three doubles.
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Shifferly won his number-one singles contest 7-5, 6-2. Rin picked up a 6-1, 6-1 win at number two singles. Ashokar won his third singles flight 6-3, 6-4. Guarniarii earned a 6-0, 6-0 shutout win at number four singles. Ghidini won 6-1, 6-1 at number five singles.
Maksymilian Domanski earned the final victory for the Little Giants with a 6-0, 6-0 win at number six singles.
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Wabash starts the North Coast Athletic Conference portion of its schedule on Friday, February 28, with a home match against Kenyon College.
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