Men's Tennis | 4/16/2014 10:46:00 PM
Salina, Kan. – The McPherson College men's tennis team traveled to Salina this past Tuesday, April 15 to take on the Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes. The Bulldogs settled the match early and returned to McPherson with a 9-0 sweep of the Coyotes.
In doubles, the Bulldogs dominated by sweeping the two available matches; MC did not drop a game in doubles and secured an early 5-0 win due to a short-handedness Kansas Wesleyan team.
In singles, freshman Joan-Marc Fajula Rodriguez (Olot, Spain) carried over his play from doubles and easily defeated his opponent 6-1, 6-0. Junior Michael Irwin (Wichita, Kan.) had the best performance of the day not dropping a game in doubles and also winning his singles match 6-0, 6-0. Fellow juniors Jaime Roman (Santa Ana, Calif.) and Allen Darmawan (Mission Viejo, Calif.) cleaned up the rest of the singles matches for the 9-0 sweep.
Up next for McPherson are two home matches on Thursday, April 17. First serve against the Ottawa Braves begins at 2:00 p.m. (CT) at McPherson High School and first serve against the Central Christian Tigers is set for 7:00 p.m.
Final Score:
McPherson College 9, Kansas Wesleyan University 0
Doubles:
1) Rafael Bulnes/Fajula (Mac) def. Mendez/Railsback (KWU) 8-0
2) Connor Schafer/Irwin (Mac) def. White/Bahan (KWU) 8-0
3) Darmawan/Roman (Mac) won by default
Singles:
1) Joan-Marc Fajula (Mac) def. Leo Mendez (KWU) 6-1, 6-0
2) Allen Darmawan (Mac) def. Alex White (KWU) 6-3, 6-4
3) Jaime Roman (Mac) def. Daniel Railsback (KWU) 6-1, 6-1
4) Michael Irwin (Mac) def. Taylor Bahan (KWU) 6-0, 6-0
5) Connor Schafer (Mac) won by default
6) Gianluca Coria (Mac) won by default
