Women's Tennis | 04.15.2021

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - The Warrior Men's and Women's Tennis teams traveled to Indiana this weekend for a set of matches against top-25 ranked NAIA teams. First on the docket for LC State was Marian College (Ind.) on Thursday afternoon. Marion's men's and women's teams are both ranked 25th in the latest NAIA tennis rankings. The Warrior women were edged 4-3, while the LC State men fell by a score of 5-2.
 
In doubles action, the women's team saw a clean 3-0 sweep for the first time this season, whereas the men's team fell in all three matches. Begona Andres and Alexis Maison took on the top doubles team from Marian and fought top push the match to a final tiebreaker set. Andres and Maison clutched out the victory by a score of 7-5. Laura Diaz and Sophie Uhlenkott (No. 2 doubles) put together a strong match with a 6-4 victory, and Alexandra Barry and Kyla Collier teamed up for a 6-3 win in third doubles.
 
Both Warrior teams saw success in singles in the matches. Itaru Kikuchi picked up a strong 6-1, 7-6 victory in No. 2 singles, while and Daniel Tevez picked up his first victory of the season (7-5, 6-3) in fifth singles.
 
Begona Andres and Laura Diaz picked up individual wins in the women's match. Andres took the top singles match in a hard-fought three sets (4-6, 7-6, 10-5), while Diaz took down her No. 2 singles opponent in two (6-4, 7-5).
 
Although both teams ultimately fell in their matches, there were many positives seen by LC State Tennis coach Kai Fong.
 
"We always want to be on the winning end but, what a good adjustment to all the conditions we faced," Fong said. "So close for both teams to earn their first road wins. Lots of gritty play all around."
The Warriors continue their road trip with Northwestern Ohio and Indiana Wesleyan on Friday in Marion, Ind., then Spring Arbor (Mich.) on Saturday to wrap the weekend up. Find the full schedule at lcwarriors.com.
 
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FULL WOMEN'S RESULTS:
Doubles:
1. Begona Andres/Alexis Maison (LCSC) def. Laura Kuebler/Teo Simion (Marian) 7-5            
2. Laura Diaz/Sophie Uhlenkott (LCSC) def. Betija Dusele/Kat Bopst (Marian) 6-4
3. Alexandra Barry/Kyla Collier (LCSC) def. Sarah Wittenbaum/Payton Haygood (Marian) 6-3
 
Singles:
1. Begona Andres (LCSC) def. Betija Dusele (Marian) 4-6, 7-6, 10-5
2. Laura Diaz (LCSC) def. Katrina Bopst (Marian) 6-4, 7-5
3. Teo SImion (Marian) def. Alexandra Barry (LCSC) 6-4, 6-3
4. Laura Kuebler (Marian) def. Alexis Maison (LCSC) 6-0, 6-0
5. Sarah Wittenbaum (Marian) def. Sophie Uhlenkott (LCSC) 6-3, 6-3
6. Liza Lewis (Marian) def. Kyla Collier (LCSC) 6-1, 7-5
 
FULL MEN'S RESULTS
Doubles:
1. Hunter Sylvester/Greg Fulling (Marian) def. William Bruchard/Andre DuPlessis (LCSC) 7-6
2. Armando Lopez/Ashwin Bhat (Marian) def. Itaru Kikuchi/Gunnar Harlan (LCSC) 6-3
3. Mark Griffin/AJ Antonelli (Marian) def. Marcus Gavelin/Cornelius Sia (LCSC) 6-0
 
Singles:
1. Hunter Sylvester (Marian) def. William Bruchard (LCSC) 6-3, 6-4
2. Itaru Kikuchi (LCSC) def. Mark Griffin (Marian) 6-1, 7-6
3. Armando Lopez (Marian) def. Gunnar Harlan (LCSC) 6-2, 5-7, 10-8
4. Ashwin Bhat (Marian) def. Andre DuPlessis (LCSC) 5-7, 7-6 (5), 10-8
5. Daniel Tevez (LCSC) def. Greg Fulling (Marian) 7-5, 6-3
6. AJ Antonelli (Marian) def. Cornelius Sia (LCSC) 6-3, 6-0