The UAFS men's tennis team ended its spring break vacation on Tuesday afternoon with an impressive 6-1 nonconference win against the William Jewell Cardinals in Joplin, Mo.
It was the second win in three matches for the Lions (3-6), who will finish the week with a 10 a.m. match on Saturday against Midwestern State in Wichita Falls, Texas.
UAFS won two of the three doubles matches to earn the point and lead 1-0 early.
Brady Kenyon and
Luke Anderson beat Athos Brocker and Thiago Braga 7-5 at No. 2 doubles, and
Zach Delmonico and
Andrew Anderson beat Hayden Fulk and Jack Ledbetter 6-4 at No. 3 doubles.
The Lions won all but the No. 1 singles match.
Wian Van Dyke beat Myers 6-2, 6-7, 10-7 in a three-set thriller at No. 2 singles. Kenyon beat Brocker 6-1, 6-1 at No. 3 singles,
Luke Anderson beat Fulk 6-4, 6-3 at No. 4 singles, Ethan Eddleton beat Ledbetter 6-4, 6-3 at No. 5 singles and Delmonico beat Braga 6-3, 6-1 at No. 6 singles.
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MEN'S TENNIS
UAFS 6, WILLIAM JEWEL 1
Tuesday
At Joplin, Mo.
Doubles
Bjorn Myers/Pedro Braga, WJ, def.
Daniel Borrero/
Wian Van Dyk, UAFS, 7-6
Brady Kenyon/
Luke Anderson, UAFS, def. Athos Brocker/Thiago Braga, WJ, 7-5
Zach Delmonico/
Andrew Anderson, UAFS, def. Hayden Fulk/Jack Ledbetter, WJ, 6-4
Singles
P. Braga, WJ, def. Borrero, UAFS, 6-4, 7-6
Van Dyk, UAFS, def. Myers, WJ, 6-2, 6-7, 10-7
Kenyon, UAFS, def. Brocker, WJ, 6-1, 6-1
L. Anderson, UAFS, def. Fulk, WJ, 6-4, 6-3
Ethan Eddleton, UAFS, def. Ledbetter, WJ, 6-4, 6-3
Delmonico, UAFS, def. T. Braga, WJ, 6-3, 6-1
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