Men's Tennis Knocked Out in League Semifinals with a 4-1 Loss to IUPUI

Friday, April 27

Kansas City, Mo.

8:30 p.m.

Purdue Fort Wayne

IUPUI

Photo by: Lucas Carter

Men's Tennis Knocked Out in League Semifinals with a 4-1 Loss to IUPUI

4/27/2012 11:33:00 PM | Men's Tennis

Results

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The IPFW men's tennis team saw its best season in school history, thus far, come to an end on Friday evening after falling to IUPUI 4-1 in the Summit League semifinals at the Woodside Country Club in Kansas City, Mo.

With doubles play starting the match, IUPUI earned the early 1-0 lead after picking up wins at Nos. 2 and 1, respectively.

At the No. 2 slot, the Mastodon duo of Daniel Kang and Joao Freitas suffered an 8-3 loss to Joel Modesitt and Nick Volz. The Jaguars followed with an 8-4 win over Roberto Cabrini and Connor Andrews by Patrick O'Neill and Luke Bielawski at the No. 1 position for the doubles point.

In singles action, the 'Dons fell in the first match at the No. 3 slot when Andres Cobos lost by a 6-1, 6-1 count against Bielawski to give the Jags the 2-0 lead.

Cabrini moved the Mastodons within one of the Jaguars after he defeated Mojsejev, 6-1, 6-3, at the No. 1 position.

However, IUPUI fired back with a 6-4, 6-2 win at No. 5 by Deon Shafer over Freitas, followed by a 6-2, 6-3 win over IPFW's Martin Muadi at the No. 6 position by Louis Sacks to give the Jaguars the 4-1 final score.

The Mastodons end the season 12-11 overall. The Jaguars move to 10-15 and advance on to the Summit League Championship where they will face UMKC tomorrow.

~Feel the Rumble~

IUPUI 4, IPFW 1

Doubles
No. 1 Patrick O'Neill/Luke Bielawski (IUPUI) def. Roberto Cabrini/Connor Andrews, 8-4
No. 2 Joel Modesitt/Nick Volz (IUPUI) def. Daniel Kang/Joao Freitas, 8-3
No. 3 Junya Saruta/Andres Cobos vs. Ivan Mojsejev/Deon Shafer (IUPUI), 3-7, uf
Order of finish: 2,1

Singles
No. 1 Cabrini def. Mojsejev (IUPUI), 6-1, 6-3
No. 2 Kang vs. Chase Emerson (IUPUI), 7-6 (1), 5-4, uf
No. 3 Bielawski (IUPUI) def. Cobos, 6-1, 6-1
No. 4 Andrews vs. Modesitt (IUPUI), 7-6 (5), 5-5, uf
No. 5 Shafer (IUPUI) def. Freitas, 6-4, 6-2
No. 6 Sacks (IUPUI) def. Martin Muadi, 6-2, 6-3
Order of finish: 3,1,5,6