Men's Tennis | 04.14.2024

WALLA WALLA, Wash. – The Lewis-Clark State Men's Tennis team dropped two matches against NCAA Division III opponent Whitman to conclude the regular season. 

The Warriors finished the regular season 12-13 with the two losses. 

MATCH ONE: Whitman def. LC State 6-3 

Itaru Kikuchi picked up two victories on the day. First with teammate Matus Rusnak in No. 1 doubles against Charles Rush and Artem Manov 8-5. Then, Kikuchi battled in a three-set match in No. 2 singles against Lucas Huang in a 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 victory. 

Pavle Markus was a winner in No. 5 singles in a three-set match against William Lanstra 6-3, 3-6, 6-2. 

Austin Swing bounced back after getting shutout in the first set to win the second set, but ultimately lost to Manov in No. 3 singles 6-0, 4-6, 6-2. 

Rusnak had to withdraw from his No. 1 singles contest with Cameron Yang in the second set due to an injury. 

Doubles 

1. Itaru Kikuchi/Matus Rusnak (LCSC) def. Charles Rush/Artem Manov (WC) 8-5  

2. Cameron Yang/Lucas Huang (WC) def. Austin Swing/Pavle Markus (LCSC) 8-4 

3. Noah Baker/Diego Guzman (WC) def. Daniel Tevez/Eduardo Silva (LCSC) 8-4 

Singles 

1. Cameron Yang (WC) def. Matus Rusnak (LCSC) 6-1, 1-1 Ret. (Inj.) 

2. Itaru Kikuchi (LCSC) def. Lucas Huang (WC) 6-4, 4-6, 6-3 

3. Artem Manov (WC) def. Austin Swing (LCSC) 6-0, 4-6, 6-2 

4. Alejandro Raffo (WC) def. Daniel Tevez (LCSC) 7-6 (3), 6-4 

5. Pavle Markus (LCSC) def. William Lanstra (WC) 6-3, 3-6, 6-2 

6. Diego Guzman (WC) def. Eduardo Silva (LCSC) 6-4, 6-2 

MATCH TWO: Whitman def. LC State 5-4 

Alvaro Camino and Juan Pablo Naranjo teamed up for a No. 1 doubles win against Alejandro Raffo and Lanstra 8-4. Malte Sommer and Emmett Heiss pushed their No. 3 doubles contest to a tiebreaker, but fell 8-7 (3). 

The Warriors split the six singles contests. Camino rolled to a No. 1 singles victory against Hanri Luo 6-0, 6-1. Sommer squeezed out a win in No. 2 singles in a third-set modified-tiebreaker over Rush 4-6, 6-2, 10-5. Cornelius Sia got the win in No. 4 singles 6-4, 6-4.  

Naranjo won the first set in No. 3 singles against Gunnar Woller and pushed the second set into a tiebreaker, but took the loss 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4. 

Doubles 

1. Alvaro Camino/Juan Pablo Naranjo (LCSC) def. William Lanstra/Alejandro Raffo (WC) 8-4 

2. Hanri Luo/Jackson Wurzer (WC) def. Joel Barba/Cornelius Sia (LCSC) 8-4 

3. Harshvardhan Chopra/Luca St. Goar (WC) def. Malte Sommer/Emmett Heiss (LCSC) 8-7 (3) 

Singles 

1. Alvaro Camino (LCSC) def. Hanri Luo (WC) 6-0, 6-1 

2. Malte Sommer (LCSC) def. Charles Rush (WC) 4-6, 6-2, 10-5 

3. Gunnar Woller (WC) def. Juan Pablo Naranjo (LCSC) 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-4 

4. Cornelius Sia (LCSC) def. Jackson Wurzer (WC) 6-4, 6-4 

5. Charles Boyden (WC) def. Joel Barba (WC) 6-0, 6-1 

6. Chris O'Farrill (WC) def. Emmett Heiss (LCSC) 7-6 (3), 6-3 

UP NEXT 

The LC State Men's Tennis team travels to New Orleans to participate in the NAIA Unaffiliated Group Tournament on April 18-20.