Men's Tennis | 4/30/2021 11:14:00 PM
Topeka, Kan. – The McPherson College men's tennis team is one step closer to a return trip Mobile, Alabama for the NAIA national tennis championships. The Bulldogs rolled the Bethel College Threshers in Friday's KCAC tournament semifinals 4-0, to punch their ticket to the finals. A win on Saturday, and the Bulldog will sweep the regular season and tournament championships and will represent the KCAC at NAIA nationals.
The Bulldogs were locked in on the doubles court, securing the first point of the match by winning two of the doubles matches in just 50 minutes of play. The first win came from the #3 team of Jakob Komel and Julien Bodin 6-2. Shortly thereafter, Jacob Turley and Martin Millos secured the doubles point with a 6-3 win. Nicolas Wahl and Michael Beltran were tied 4-4 in the match at #1 when play was suspended with the doubles point secured.
The Bulldogs kept rolling in singles. The won the opening set in all six matches, and had the lead in all of the second sets as well. Martin Millos got the first single win, defeating McPherson native Nolan Schrader 6-2, 6-2. The Bulldogs got their third point from Jacob Turley at #4, who win his match 6-2, 6-3, and the clincher came from freshman Michael Beltran, who won his match on the #1 line, 6-3, 6-2. The rest of the matches went in the book as unfinished.
Scores are below.
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Doubles
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#1
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Turley / Millos
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W, 6-4
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#2
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Wahl / Beltran
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UF: 4-4
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#3
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Bodin / Komel
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W, 6-2
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Singles
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#1
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Michael Beltran
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W, 6-3, 6-2
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#2
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Julien Bodin
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UF: 6-3, 5-2
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#3
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Martin Millos
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W, 6-2, 6-2
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#4
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Jacob Turley
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W, 6-3, 6-2
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#5
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Nicolas Wahl
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UF: 6-2, 5-3
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#6
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Trey Murphy
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UF: 6-4, 2-1
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"This was a very clean, straight forward result for us," said Coach Allen. We got the three wins we needed in singles, and we were leading in the other three matches as well when we stopped the dual. We are one win away from Nationals and we need to bring it tomorrow."
The Bulldogs will square off against Ottawa University in Saturday's final at 9:00 am. The Braves outlasted the Southwestern College Moundbuilders 4-3 in the other semifinal match.
