Mustang Men Suffer 4-3 Setback to Missouri Baptist

SIOUX CITY, Iowa – Morningside suffered its first regular season loss in men's tennis since March of last year at the Mason Family Tennis Complex yesterday, dropping a 4-3 match to perennial powerhouse Missouri Baptist. 

The Mustangs started the match off well, sweeping doubles play as Mathys Arnold and Jesse Gerth won 6-0, Marcos Menendez Hervella and Alexis Diaz won 6-4, and Santiago Minetti and Gabriel Whiston won 6-4. 

Diaz quickly followed the doubles victory with a 6-1, 6-0 win in the no. 2 singles slot and Whiston concluded the match under the lights with a hard-fought 2-6, 7-5, 10-1 win shortly after Missouri Baptist had secured the team win.

Morningside hosts a triangular with Baker and Northwestern to wrap up team play for the fall, before sending Diaz and Menendez Hervella to the ITA Cup in Mount Berry, Ga. next week.

DOUBLES

1. Marcos Menendez Hervella/Alexis Diaz def. Luca da Silva Ebenriter/Sebastian Junghanns 6-4

2. Mathys Arnold/Jesse Gerth def. Samuel Sanchez/Strahinja Radanovic 6-0

3. Santiago Minetti/Gabriel Whiston def. Ruslan Anurev/Arkhip Tokmakov 6-4

Order of finish: 2, 1, 3

SINGLES

1. Luca da Silva Ebenriter def. Marcos Menendez Hervella 6-4, 7-5

2. Alexis Diaz def. Samuel Sanchez  6-1, 6-0

3. Sebastian Junghanns def. Mathys Arnold 6-0, 3-6, 6-4

4. Strahinja Radanovic def. Jesse Gerth 1-6, 7-5, 6-3

5. Ruslan Anurev def. Santiago Minetti 1-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3

6. Gabriel Whiston def. Arkhip Tokmakov 2-6, 7-5, 10-1

Order of finish: 2, 1, 3, 4, 5, 6