The Colorado College men's tennis rallied from a 2-1 deficit after the doubles matches to beat Bethel University, 5-4, Sunday afternoon in Orlando, Fla.
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The Tigers dropped the top two doubles matches, but pulled out the No. 3 match when sophomore
Alex Kley and freshman
Alex Wimer downed Erik Beckers / Peter Wachtler, 8-6.
"Winning the No. 3 doubles match was huge for momentum entering the singles," head coach
Anthony Weber said.
In singles play, junior
Noah Forman won the No. 1 match, 6-4, 6-2, over Hunter Fernelius, while freshman
Jacob Adas downed Nick Knudsen, 6-3, 6-3, at the No. 3 spot.
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Bethel captured wins at No. 2 and No. 4, but Kley defeated Joey Mueller, 6-3, 7-6, at No. 5 and Wimer clinched the match with a 6-1, 6-4 victory at No. 6 over Andrew Jenson.
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The Tigers (2-3) play a pair of matches on Monday, taking on St. Lawrence at 3 p.m. (ET) and Hamline University at 6:30 p.m.
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Colorado College 5, Bethel College 4
March 17, 2019
Orlando, Fla.
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Doubles
1. Hunter Fernelius / Jason Reilly (BU) def.
Noah Forman /
Daniel Holland, 8-6
2. Nick Knudsen / Joey Mueller (BU) def.
Christian Kitchen /
Jacob Adas, 8-6
3.
Alex Kley /
Alex Wimer (CC) def. Erik Beckers / Peter Wachtler, 8-6
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Singles
1.
Noah Forman (CC) def. Hunter Fernelius, 6-4, 6-2
2. Erik Beckers (BU) def.
Daniel Holland, 6-1, 6-0
3.
Jacob Adas (CC) def. Nick Knudsen, 6-3, 6-3
4. Jason Reilly (BU) def.
Christian Kitchen, 6-3, 5-7, 1-0(3)
5.
Alex Kley (CC) def. Joey Mueller, 6-3, 7-6
6.
Alex Wimer (CC) def. Andrew Jenson, 6-1, 6-4
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