MEN’S TENNIS

The Forester men’s tennis team picked up its second win of the spring by slipping past Lawrence Tech, 4-3, Saturday afternoon at the Franklin Athletic Club.

The Blue Devils (2-6) swept doubles to earn the day’s first point, but it was a dog fight after that. With one singles match to go, the score was knotted up at 3-3 to make for a dramatic finish.

It came down to #4 singles where Diego Tapia, after dropping the first set, stormed back to cruise to a 6-1 second set  before outlasting Alex Rajal, 12-10, in the third set tiebreak to clinch not only his own win, but the team’s as well.

With this W, HU moves to 8-4 on the year. Ignacio’s squad is back in action on March 27 to face IU East.

DOUBLES RECAP
1. Patrick Putschbach/Alexander Tammaro (LT) def. Alejo Bagnera/Illia Turaba (HU) 6-4
2. Lukas Obel/Kevin Bollmann (LT) def. Diego Tapia/Mateo Ameller (HU) 6-4
3. Luca Roth/Alex Rajal (LT) def. Sebastian Salas/Ethan Hyde (HU) 6-4

SINGLES RECAP
1. Bagnera (HU) def. Tammaro (LT) 3-6, 6-4 (10-7)
2. Ameller (HU) def. Pedro Garcia-Orellana (LT) 6-4, 2-6 (10-4)
3. Turaba (HU) def. Putschbach (LT) 6-1, 6-3
4. Tapia (HU) def. Rajal (LT) 4-6, 6-1 (12-10)
5. Bollmann (LT) def. Salas (HU) 7-6, 6-3
6. Jannis Schneider (LT) def. Hyde (HU) 6-0, 6-1