MEN’S TENNIS

The 2nd-seeded Forester men’s tennis team is moving on to the semifinals of the Crossroads League Tournament having breezed past 7th-seeded Indiana Wesleyan 4-0 Tuesday afternoon in quarterfinal action of the tourney at Klopfenstein Courts. The day’s most exciting match was at No. 1 doubles where Andres Jimenez and Julian Tantera battled back from a 5-1 deficit to notch a come-from-behind 7-6 (7-5) win.

With tonight’s win, HU improves to 8-1.

SINGLES RESULTS
#1 – Santiago Sarudiansky (HU) vs. Ilyas Kouchairi (IWU) 6-4 DNF
#2 – Andres Jimenez (HU) vs. Ethan Gray (IWU) 6-1, 4-3 DNF
#3 – Julian Tantera (HU) def. Leif Clerc (IWU) 6-0, 6-3
#4 – Martin Capdevilla (HU) def. Timo Fischer (IWU) 6-1, 6-2
#5 – Pablo Lopez Real (HU) def. Isaiah Hostetler (IWU) 6-0, 6-1
#6 – Juan Carrasco (HU) vs. Valentino Trento (IWU) 6-0, 3-3 DNF

DOUBLES RESULTS
#1 – Andres Jimenez/Julian Tantera (HU) def. Ethan Gray/Ilyas Kouchairi (IWU) 7-6 (7-5)
#2 – Valentino Trento/Timo Fischer (IWU) def. Pablo Lopez Real/Martin Capdevilla (HU) 6-4
#3 – Cristian Rodriguez/Santiago Sarudiansky (HU) def. Riley Fuqua/Leif Clerc (IWU) 6-2

THE ESSENTIALS
Location: Klopfenstein Courts | Huntington, Ind.
Records: HU 8-1 | IWU 2-7
W/L Streaks: HU W-2 | IWU L-2
NAIA Top-25 Rankings: HU – Receiving votes | IWU – Not ranked

LOOKING FORWARD
Huntington will host 3rd-seeded Marian on Thursday in semifinal action of the Crossroads League Tournament.

OTHER NOTABLES
The Foresters have logged four straight wins over the Wildcats.