MEN’S TENNIS
The Huntington men’s tennis team had no problem disposing of the Lancers of Grace College Wednesday afternoon at Klopfenstein Courts by blanking their vistors 9-0.
For the Foresters, it’s their second sweep of the year as they did the same to Mount Vernon in their season opener. Tonight’s W also marks the fourth straight victory over the Lancers.
HU currently boasts a 3-1 record in conference as well as overall. Next up is a trip to Fort Wayne on Saturday where they will face Saint Francis at noon and Indiana Tech at 4:00 p.m.
SINGLES RECAP
No. 1 – Ignacio Poncio (HU) def. Max Rozas (GrC) 5-1 (retired)
No. 2 – Illia Turaba (HU) def. Pavle Popovic (GrC) 6-0, 6-1
No. 3 – Mariano Echevarria (HU) def. Diego Zamora (GrC) 6-2, 7-5
No. 4 – Niko Rongos (HU) def. Arturo Fonseca (GrC) 6-0, 6-1
No. 5 – Giovanni Martinez (HU) def. Lucas Fonseca (GrC) 5-2 (retired)
No. 6 – Sebastian Salas (HU) def. Jacob Grey (GrC) 6-3, 6-2
DOUBLES RECAP
No. 1 – Poncio/Rongos (HU) def. Rozas/Popovic (GrC) 9-7
No. 2 – Turaba/Echevarria (HU) def. Caleb Yoder/Grey (GrC) 8-4
No. 3 – Martinez/Salas (HU) def. Zamora/Conner Bates (GrC) 8-0