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Wildcats Crush Ball State, 6-1
1/20/2008 12:00:00 AM | Men's Tennis
Jan. 20, 2008
MUNCIE, Ind. -- Northwestern took two of three doubles matches and swept all five singles matches as it finished off a 6-1 victory over Ball State on Sunday at the Muncie YMCA Tennis Center.
Junior Marc Dwyer (Peachtree City, Ga./University of Nebraska-Independent Study H.S.) and sophomore Alex Sanborn (Houston, Texas/Kinkaid) started the match off on a positive note for the Wildcats, taking an 8-4 victory at the No. 1 doubles spot. Freshman Peter Rispoli (Naples, Fla./St. Stephen's (Texas)) and graduate student Alexander Thams (Stockholm, Sweden/Enskilda Gymnasiet) also won their match, 9-8(5), which gave the 'Cats the doubles point.
Playing at No. 2 and No. 3 singles, Dwyer and Sanborn both won in straight sets, giving the 'Cats two more points. Dwyer won his match 6-4, 6-3, while Sanborn won 6-2, 6-4.
Rispoli also chipped in with a 7-5, 6-3 victory at No. 4. Fellow freshman David Seyferth (Ann Arbor, Mich./Ann Arbor Pioneer) won his first match of the season and senior Juan Gomez (Mexico City, Mexico) closed out the match 7-5, 6-2.
The Wildcats' only loss was by Thams, who had to retire in the third set, while leading 7-6(5), 3-6, 2-1. It was the second time this weekend Thams ended his match early.
NU returns to Evanston for a three-match home stand starting with Butler on Friday, followed by Notre Dame and Bradley.
Doubles:
No. 1 Alex Sanborn/Marc Dwyer (NU) def. Jose Perdomo/Eduardo Pavia (BSU) (8-4)
No. 2 Peter Rspoli/Alexander Thams (NU) def. Joe Vallee/Shaun Bussert (BSU) (9-8) (5)
No. 3 Jorge Rodriguez/Danny Vidal (BSU) def. Juan Gomez/David Seyferth (NU), (9-8) (2)
Singles:
No. 1 Jose Perdomo (BSU) def. Alexander Thams (NU), 6-7 (5), 6-3, 1-2 (ret.)
No. 2 Marc Dwyer (NU) def. Eduardo Pavia (BSU), 6-4, 6-3
No. 3 Alex Sanborn (NU) def. Bret Berryman (BSU), 6-2, 6-4
No. 4 Peter Rispoli (NU) def. Joe Vallee (BSU), 7-5, 6-3
No. 5 Juan Gomez (NU) def. Jorge Rodriguez (BSU), 7-5, 6-2
No. 6 David Seyferth (NU) def. Jimmy Brannon (BSU), 7-6 (0), 1-6, 1-0 (2)
