Wildcat tennis teams sweep Midwestern State on Senior Night

Men's Tennis | 4/13/2016 9:23:00 PM

ABILENE – Abilene Christian tennis welcomed back its old NCAA DII rivals from Midwestern State to the Eager Tennis Pavilion Wednesday evening, and the results were quite similar to what they were three years ago with the ACU women dominating No. 20 MSU, 7-0, and the Wildcat men grinding out a 5-2 victory over the 11th-ranked Mustangs.
 
The victory lifted the women's overall record to 19-6 as sophomores Lucile Pothier and Whitney Williams extended their winning streaks to 15 and 12 matches, respectively. Pothier downed Lindsay Nochowicz, 6-0, 6-3, at No. 3 in improving to 21-6, while Williams topped Abby White at No. 5, 6-3, 6-4.
 
Senior Nada Marjanovic, who was playing the final home match of her career this evening along with four other Wildcats, kept pace with Pothier for the team lead with 21 victories, beating Greta Lazzarotto at No. 4, 6-1, 6-4.
 
Senior Kaysie Hermsdorf, with her older sister Micah Hermsdorf watching in the crowd tonight, was a straight-set winner at No. 2, defeating Eirini Kontak, 6-2, 6-4, and at No. 6, freshman Jordan made quick work of Alexis Arrieta, 6-0, 6-1.
 
Junior Erin Walker was a three-set winner at No. 1, where she has won 12 times this spring, edging Maddie Schorlemmer, 6-3, 2-6, 10-5, while in doubles she and Williams doubled up the duo of Nochowicz and Kontaki, 6-3, for their 17th win together.
 
Hermsdorf and Pothier also kept rolling along at No. 2, defeating the tandem of White and Schorlemmer, 6-2, for victory No. 21.
 
The scores were much closer on the men's side as the dual lasted close to four hours. ACU (19-8) won all three doubles matches by two points, and all but two singles matches went to a third set.
 
The Wildcats' No. 1 and 2 teams of Henry Adams and Nico Agritelley, and Jason Proctor and Paul Domanski each escaped with 7-5 victories over the Mustangs, while freshmen No. 3's Sebastian Langdon and Josh Sheehy defeated Radu Popa and Chris Norrie, 6-4, in improving to 6-1.
 
ACU soon would build out its lead to 3-0 on the strength of back-to-back straight-set wins by Domanski at No. 6 and Agritelley at No. 3. Domanski beat Benjamin Neander, 6-2, 6-4, indoors for win No. 13 of the spring, and then Agritelley tied his teammate following a 6-3, 6-1 defeat of Norrie.
 
Sheehy clinched the match for ACU in the first of four-consecutive three-set matches to close the dual, coming back from a set down to beat MSU senior Kyle Davidson at No. 1, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4. The victory was Sheehy's 16th of the spring, tying him with sophomore Hunter Holman, who was last off the courts tonight after dropping a tough three-set battle at No. 4 to Dillon Pineda, 6-7 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (2).
 
In between those decisions, Adams made it a 5-0 game after holding off Popa on the indoor courts, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, and then the Mustangs broke ACU's bid for a shutout as Ramon Toyos at No. 2 beat senior Jason Proctor, 6-2, 3-6, 6-4.
 
The Wildcats return to action this weekend for matches against Texas A&M and New Orleans. The men play in College Station Friday at noon and will join the women Sunday in Houston (Rice University) to complete their Southland Conference duals vs. the Privateers at 1 p.m.
 
ACU men and women each won the doubles point over UNO and enter singles with a 1-0 lead.
 

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Abilene Christian 5, #11 Midwestern State 2
Apr 13, 2016 at Abilene, Texas (Eager Tennis Pavilion)
 
Singles competition
1. Josh Sheehy (ACU) def. Kyle Davidson (MSU) 2-6, 6-1, 6-4
2. Ramon Toyos (MSU) def. Jason Proctor (ACU) 6-2, 3-6, 6-4
3. Nico Agritelley (ACU) def. Chris Norrie (MSU) 6-3, 6-1
4. Dillon Pineda (MSU) def. Hunter Holman (ACU) 6-7 (5-7), 6-4, 7-6 (7-2)
5. Henry Adams (ACU) def. Radu Popa (MSU) 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
6. Paul Domanski (ACU) def. Benjamin Neander (MSU) 6-2, 6-4
 
Doubles competition
1. Henry Adams/Nico Agritelley (ACU) def. Kyle Davidson/Ramon Toyos (MSU) 7-5
2. Jason Proctor/Paul Domanski (ACU) def. Dillon Pineda/Zack Santagate (MSU) 7-5
3. Josh Sheehy/Sebastian Langdon (ACU) def. Radu Popa/Chris Norrie (MSU) 6-4
 
Match Notes
Midwestern State 12-6; National ranking #11
Abilene Christian 18-8
Order of finish: Doubles (1,3,2); Singles (6,3,1,5,2,4)
T-3:55 A-100
 

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Abilene Christian 7, #20 Midwestern State 0
Apr 13, 2016 at Abilene, Texas (Eager Tennis Pavilion)
 
Singles competition
1. Erin Walker (ACU) def. Maddie Schorlemmer (MSU) 6-3, 2-6, 10-5
2. Kaysie Hermsdorf (ACU) def. Eirini Kontaki (MSU) 6-2, 6-4
3. Lucile Pothier (ACU) def. Lindsay Nochowicz (MSU) 6-0, 6-3
4. Nada Marjanovic (ACU) def. Greta Lazzarotto (MSU) 6-1, 6-4
5. Whitney Williams (ACU) def. Abby White (MSU) 6-3, 6-4
6. Jordan Henry (ACU) def. Alexis Arrieta (MSU) 6-0, 6-1
 
Doubles competition
1. Erin Walker/Whitney Williams (ACU) def. Lindsay Nochowicz/Eirini Kontaki (MSU) 6-3
2. Kaysie Hermsdorf/Lucile Pothier (ACU) def. Abby White/Maddie Schorlemmer (MSU) 6-2
3. Greta Lazzarotto/Amy Clifton (MSU) def. Nada Marjanovic/Andrea Crook (ACU) 6-4
 
Match Notes
Midwestern State 14-7; National ranking #20
Abilene Christian 19-6
Order of finish: Doubles (2,1,3); Singles (6,2,4,3,5,1)
T-3:00 A-100