Chicago, Ill. — Number one seed Illinois Tech Men's Tennis (13-5) defeated number four seed Concordia Wisconsin (13-7) 4-0 on Friday at the XS Tennis Center in the NACC Men's Tennis Semifinal. Illinois Tech clinched the doubles point with victories at the No. 2 and No. 3 positions and secured straight-set wins in singles at positions No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4. The Scarlet Hawks advance to their seventh-consecutive NACC title match when they face number two seed MSOE Sunday morning in Kohler, Wisconsin. The Hawks have won the title five of the last six years, with MSOE claiming the 2023 title.
How It Happened
Illinois Tech secured the doubles point with victories at No. 2 and No. 3 doubles. The duo of Pedro Roca and
Hozumi Tada claimed a 6-2 win over Kristopher Greenhaw and Ryan Bilan at No. 2 doubles.
Pol Dueso Guell and
Tejas Sheth followed with a 6-3 victory against Gustavo Funo and Renan Botelho at No. 3 doubles. No. 1 doubles saw
Alexander Feher and
Tanay Sharma leading 5-3 when play was suspended.
In singles,
Pol Dueso Guell extended Illinois Tech's lead with a commanding 6-1, 6-0 win over Ryan Bilan at No. 4 singles.
Alexander Feher followed suit with a 6-1, 6-0 victory against Gustavo Funo at No. 3 singles. The match was clinched by Pedro Roca at No. 2 singles, who delivered a 6-1, 6-3 win over Murilo Zeni, bringing the running dual score to 4-0.
Post-clinch, the remaining singles matches were left unfinished.
Tanay Sharma was ahead 7-6(7-5), 2-1 against Hayden Latus at No. 1 singles.
Hozumi Tada trailed Renan Botelho 6-7(5-7) at No. 5 singles, and
Joseph Au led Kristopher Greenhaw 6-1, 5-4 at No. 6 singles. The final dual score was 4-0 in favor of Illinois Tech.
Doubles
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Alexander Feher/
Tanay Sharma (IITMT) vs. Latus, Hayden/Zeni, Murilo (CUW) 5-3 (unfinished)
Pedro Roca/
Hozumi Tada (IITMT) def. Greenhaw, Kristopher/Bilan, Ryan (CUW) 6-2
Pol Dueso Guell/
Tejas Sheth (IITMT) def. Funo, Gustavo/Botelho, Renan (CUW) 6-3
Order of finish: 2, 3
Singles
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Tanay Sharma (IITMT) def. Latus, Hayden (CUW) 7-6(5), 6-1
Pedro Roca (IITMT) def. Zeni, Murilo (CUW) 6-1, 6-3
Alexander Feher (IITMT) def. Funo, Gustavo (CUW) 6-1, 6-0
Pol Dueso Guell (IITMT) def. Bilan, Ryan (CUW) 6-1, 6-0
Botelho, Renan (CUW) def.
Hozumi Tada (IITMT) 7-6(5)
Joseph Au (IITMT) def. Greenhaw, Kristopher (CUW) 6-1, 6-4
Order of finish: 4, 3, 2
Scarlet Hawk Standouts
Pol Dueso Guell
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- 1 singles match won
- 1 doubles match won
Alexander Feher
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- 1 singles match won
- Doubles match ended in a tie
Pedro Roca
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- 1 singles match won
- 1 doubles match won
Game Notes:
- Illinois Tech improved to 13-0 lifetime against the Falcons.
Up Next
Up next for the Scarlet Hawks is the NACC Men's Tennis Championship match against Milwaukee School of Engineering on Sunday, May 3 at 10 a.m. at Sports Core in Kohler, Wisconsin.
