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Men?s Tennis Drops Pair of BIG EAST Road Matches
4/19/2015 6:20:00 PM | Men's Tennis
INDIANAPOLIS – The Creighton men's tennis team ended its regular season with a pair of BIG EAST downfalls to Xavier and Butler at the BU Outdoor Courts this weekend.
Creighton (12-6, 0-2 BIG EAST) fell to host Butler (7-13, 2-2 BIG EAST) 4-1 in the first match and later dropped a 5-2 decision to Xavier (11-8, 2-2 BIG EAST) in the Bluejays' first conference matchups of the season.
Butler opened the match by claiming the doubles point with victories on courts two and three. The Bulldogs went on to take three of the four singles matches that were completed to earn the 4-1 win.
Creighton freshman Alex Koca claimed the Bluejays' lone point with a 6-1, 7-5 win on singles court three. Junior Quinn Dippel and sophomore Harrison Lang were both in competitive three-set battles when the match was called.
Xavier swept the doubles point to jump out to an early lead and then won four of the six singles matches to claim the 5-2 victory.
Koca won his second singles match of the weekend on court three. The first sets each went to tiebreakers as Koca dropped the first stanza 7-6 but won the second stanza 7-6 to force a deciding third-set superbreaker. He finished off the match with a 10-5 decision in the final set.
Dippel fought through three close sets for the second time on the weekend and emerged victorious against XU. At No. 2 singles, Dippel dropped the first set at 6-4 but won the second stanza by the same score to force a third set. Dippel won the match in extra games at 7-5 to claim another team point for the Bluejays.
Creighton returns to Indianapolis later this week to begin play at the 2015 BIG EAST Men's Tennis Championships beginning on Thursday.
Creighton at Butler
Apr 17, 2015 at Indianapolis, Ind.
(BU Outdoor Courts)
Butler 4, Creighton 1
Singles
1. Brandon Woods (BU) def. Jake Norman (CU) 6-3, 7-5
2. Sam O'Neill (BU) vs. Quinn Dippel (CU) 6-4, 4-6, 5-5 did not finish
3. Alex Koca (CU) def. Austin Woldmoe (BU) 6-1, 7-5
4. Tommy Marx (BU) vs. Harrison Lang (CU) 4-6, 7-5, 1-3 did not finish
5. Pulok Bhattacharya (BU) def. Elliott Baker (CU) 3-6, 6-4, 7-5
6. Alex Woldmoe (BU) def. Aaron Chalstrom (CU) 6-2, 6-1
Doubles
1. O'Neill/Billy Weldon (BU) vs. Norman/Baker (CU) 6-6 did not finish
2. Woods/Bhattacharya (BU) def. August Nysted/Koca (CU) 8-4
3. Alex Woldmoe/Austin Woldmoe (BU) def. Dippel/Nick Thompson (CU) 8-2
Order of finish: Doubles (3,2); Singles (1,6,3,5*)
Creighton vs. Xavier
Apr 18, 2015 at Indianapolis, Ind.
(BU Outdoor Courts)
Xavier 5, Creighton 2
Singles
1.Zach Mueck (XU) def. Jake Norman (CU) 6-0, 6-3
2.Quinn Dippel (CU) def. Jeremy Schneider (XU) 4-6, 6-4, 7-5
3.Alex Koca (CU) def. Matt Bishop (XU) 6-7, 7-6, 10-5
4.Arthur Stefani (XU) def. Harrison Lang (CU) 6-2, 6-3
5.Gabriel Chaves Araujo (XU) def. Elliott Baker (CU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
6.Connor LaFavre (XU) def. Aaron Chalstrom (CU) 6-3, 4-6, 6-1
Doubles
1.Matt Bishop/Zach Mueck (XU) def. Jake Norman/Elliott Baker (CU) 8-7
2.Michael Moe/Connor LaFavre (XU) def. August Nysted/Alex Koca (CU) 8-6
3.Nick Thompson/Quinn Dippel (CU) def. Jeremy Schneider/Arthur Stefani (XU) 8-7
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