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Box Score 2 PELLA, Iowa – The MSOE Men's tennis team got back on track at their Saturday doubleheader, taking both head to head matchups as they build momentum towards the conference schedule.
RESULT
MSOE RAIDERS – 6
Central College– 1
MSOE RAIDERS – 4
Grand View University - 3
HOW IT HAPPENED
- vs. Central College
- The Raiders took the doubles point from Central and never looked back, dropping just one singles bout in their first matches of the afternoon. Miguel Lopez (7-6, 6-0), Carlos Lopez (6-3, 6-2) and Levi Luis Veras Santos (6-3, 6-3) each won their matches in straight sets.
- Both Augusto Eiji Yamazaki and Clark Rue would battle back after dropping their second sets, as each of them triumphed in their third-set tiebreaker to seal the 6-1 win for the Raiders.
- vs. Grand View University
- The Raiders would lose the doubles point to Grand View, with Miguel Lopez winning his set from the #2 singles spot to tie things up at 1-1 for the Red and White. Grand View would take the next two doubles sets to put the Raiders down 3-1 on the brink of defeat.
- Pedro Rezende Mendes would win his sets at the #6 singles spot with scores of 6-2, 6-4 to kick off the MSOE comeback, with Yamazaki winning his second singles match of the afternoon to tie things up at 3-3.
- Carlos Lopez would play hero for the Raiders at the end of the day, persevering through a three-set battle to deliver a 4-3 win for the Red and White, who won their first head-to-head matches since the fall season.
WHO'S ON DECK
The Raiders will take on regional foe Carthage College next Sunday, February 15
th in Kenosha, Wis. Matches are set to begin at 4:30 P.M.
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