By: Justin DeWeese
Box Score 1 |
Box Score 2 MCKENZIE, Tenn. - The Goshen tennis teams began the first of three consecutive days of tennis action down in the Memphis area on Thursday. Against Bethel (Tenn.), the Maple Leafs men won 4-3 and the women lost 3-4.
Men - Goshen 4, Bethel 3
Goshen went up 1-0 in the doubles matchups with a 6-3 win from
Pedro Scattolon and
Filippo Gallo at #2 doubles. After a Bethel win at #3, it came down to a narrow doubles #1 win for Bethel, as the Wildcats defeated
Timo Novak and
Matija Margetic 7-6(1), 6-1.
The Maple Leafs scored enough points in the singles matchups to come back and win, though, winning from #1 through #4 singles.
Bruno Ferrera won 6-2, 6-2 at #4 singles,
Matija Margetic won 6-1, 6-2 at #3 singles and
Timo Novak got a 6-3, 6-2 win at #2 singles.
Filippo Gallo had to fight a little harder at #1 singles, but he pulled through with a three-set 6-1, 4-6, 6-1 win.
Timo Novak now holds an 8-4 singles record. He started the year 6-0 before losing four straight, but he has since won his last two.
Women - Bethel 4, Goshen 3
The women's doubles #3 team of
Morgan Priebe and
Arianngel Mosquera won 6-2 while the #1 team lost 6-1. It came down to the #2 match, where the Wildctas prevailed 7-5 over the team of
Uliana Dotsenko and
Ariadna Otin O'Callaghan in 43 minutes.
Goshen's three singles wins all required a tenacious effort.
Uliana Dotsenko won at #2 singles 6-3, 7-5, improving her singles record to 8-3 this season. At #3 singles,
Sara Nino came out on top 7-5, 6-2. Lastly,
Arianngel Mosquera came through at #6 singles with a 7-5, 1-6, [10-8].
Goshen faces Texas A&M University-Texarkana on Friday at 11:00 am EST and Christian Brothers later that day at 3:00 pm EST.
Men's Results
Type |
Position |
Side 1 |
Side 2 |
Score |
Winning side |
Order of finish |
D |
1 |
ITIKAWA PERINI, Gabriel / OUATTARA, Nafiralo Souleymane |
NOVAK, Timo / MARGETIC, Matija |
7-6(1) (6-1) |
1 |
3 |
D |
2 |
JOVANOVIC, Andrej / PRADO, Mateo |
GALLO, Filippo / SCATTOLON, Pedro |
6-3 (0-0) |
2 |
1 |
D |
3 |
NESI, Lucca / VECCHI, Pedro |
STANCULOV, Denis / FERRERA ALVAREZ, Bruno |
6-3 (0-0) |
1 |
2 |
S |
1 |
ITIKAWA PERINI, Gabriel |
GALLO, Filippo |
6-1 4-6 6-1Â |
2 |
2 |
S |
2 |
CASPE, Leonel |
NOVAK, Timo |
6-3 6-2 (0-0) |
2 |
3 |
S |
3 |
OUATTARA, Nafiralo Souleymane |
MARGETIC, Matija |
6-1 6-2 (0-0) |
2 |
5 |
S |
4 |
TAKENAKA, Sho |
FERRERA ALVAREZ, Bruno |
6-2 6-2 (0-0) |
2 |
1 |
S |
5 |
VECCHI, Pedro |
STANCULOV, Denis |
6-3 6-3 (0-0) |
1 |
4 |
S |
6 |
PRADO, Mateo |
GOMEZ, Mario |
7-6(0) 6-1 (0-0) |
1 |
6 |
Women's Results
Type |
Position |
Side 1 |
Side 2 |
Score |
Winning side |
Order of finish |
D |
1 |
CANTO HURTADO, Sofia / BARRAGAN, Camila |
BODO, Blanka / NINO, Sara |
6-1 (0-0) |
1 |
1 |
D |
2 |
COGHETTO, Martina / CASADO, Cloe |
DOTSENKO, Uliana / OTIN, Ariadna |
7-5 (0-0) |
1 |
3 |
D |
3 |
CASTRO, Mitzi / VARGAS BARRAGAN, Alejandra |
PRIEBE, Morgan / MOSQUERA, Arianngel |
6-2 (0-0) |
2 |
2 |
S |
1 |
CANTO HURTADO, Sofia |
BODO, Blanka |
7-6(6) 6-3 (0-0) |
1 |
5 |
S |
2 |
BARRAGAN, Camila |
DOTSENKO, Uliana |
6-3 7-5 (0-0) |
2 |
3 |
S |
3 |
CASADO, Cloe |
NINO, Sara |
7-5 6-2 (0-0) |
2 |
2 |
S |
4 |
COGHETTO, Martina |
OTIN, Ariadna |
6-2 6-0 (0-0) |
1 |
1 |
S |
5 |
VARGAS BARRAGAN, Alejandra |
PRIEBE, Morgan |
6-3 6-3 (0-0) |
1 |
4 |
S |
6 |
CASTRO, Mitzi |
MOSQUERA, Arianngel |
7-5 1-6 [10-8](9-8) |
2 |
6 |