WICHITA FALLS – The 10th-ranked ACU Wildcats handed Midwestern State its first NCAA Division II loss of the season Sunday afternoon with a 6-3 win over the Mustangs in Lone Star Conference play at the MSU Tennis Center.
The win pushes the Wildcats to 12-7 overall, while the Mustangs fall to 9-2 overall. The only other team to have beaten MSU before Sunday was NAIA powerhouse Azusa Pacific (Calif.) by a 6-3 score on March 16.
The Wildcats put the Mustangs in a huge hole by winning all three doubles matches, leaving them just two singles wins short of clinching the match. But those singles matches were taught, hard-fought matches as four were split-sets and one more went to a tie-breaker in the first set.
Hans Hach won a split-sets match over Mario Urban at No. 1 singles, taking the match 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-1, while
Alfredo Desiati beat Bo Zaputovic at No. 4 singles, 6-3, 6-3. The Wildcats picked up their other win at No. 5 singles where
Bryan Joiner knocked off Jarrod Liston, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4.
#10 ACU 6, #29 Midwestern State 3
Singles
1.
Hans Hach, ACU, def. Mario Urban, MSU, 6-3, 6-7 (5-7), 6-1
2. Vjekoslav Stipanic, MSU, def.
Eldad Campbell, ACU, 3-6, 6-4, 6-1
3. Luke Joyce, MSU, def.
Jake Hendrie, ACU, 4-6, 6-1, 7-6 (9-7)
4.
Alfredo Desiati, ACU, def. Bo Zaputovic, MSU, 6-3, 6-3
5.
Bryan Joiner, ACU, def. Jarrod Liston, MSU, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4
6. Rory de Boer, MSU, def.
John Strahl, ACU, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 10-3
Doubles
1.
Hans Hach-
Jake Hendrie, ACU, def. Vjekoslav Stipanic-Luke Joyce, MSU, 8-5
2.
Bryan Joiner-
Eldad Campbell, ACU, def. Mario Urban-Bo Zaputovic, MSU, 9-7
3.
Nick Plum-
Alfredo Desiati, ACU, def. Chad Meeks-Jarrod LIston, MSU, 8-6
