McPherson, Kan – McPherson hosted their first home match of the 2026 season as the Williams Woods Owls made their way into town for the non-conference matchup. The Bulldogs were coming off a road victory over Midland University back on February 28
th, a week and a half prior to this match.
The Basics
Location: Westside Athletic Field
Records: MC 2-3, WWU 6-3 (2-0 HAAC)
Scores: MC 0, WWU 7
How it Happened
In the doubles matches, the Owls had dropped just four games out of the 18 total played.
Arthur Nardy and newcomer
Hamish Wyatt managed to pick up a game on the #1 Doubles court but would fall to Duarte Melo and Noah Burton 6-1. In #2 Doubles, Tobias Hajek and Cole Horton of William Woods cruised to a 6-0 victory over
Bruno Barrientos Molina and
Jayson Wasserfuhr.
Davian Spies and
Balazs Temesvari put up a fight with three games won in the #3 Doubles match, but would fall to Bruno Matta and Jesper Seger 6-3.
Nardy would face Duarte Melo in the #1 Singles match after the Owls had taken the doubles point for the 1-0 advantage. Despite some excellent play from Nardy, Melo took the 2-0 victory (6-4, 6-3). Wasserfuhr won the only set of the day for the Bulldogs in the #2 Singles match as he won the first set 6-4 over Horton. Horton would go on to win the next two sets (6-3, 6-2) for the 2-1 victory.
Noah Burton took the #3 Singles match 2-0 over Barrientos Molina; it was a close 7-5 set two tiebreak that ended the match. Thomas Geukemeijer defeated McPherson's
Hamish Wyatt in the #4 Singles match in two sets.
Balazs Temesvari and
Davian Spies both lost in the #5 and #6 singles. William Woods walked out of the Bulldog Tennis Center with the 7-0 victory over McPherson.
"Our young team showed a lot of grit today against a quality, veteran team," said Interim Head Coach
Craig Holman. "Today we started three freshmen, two sophomores and a senior. I was particularly happy today with
Jayson Wasserfuhr's match management and fight against a tough player."
Up Next
McPherson will host the Sterling College Warriors on Thursday for their first look at KCAC action this season. First serve is set for March 12
th at 3:00 PM.
