Mustangs Score 6-1 Win Over no. 14 Missouri Baptist

ST. LOUIS, Mo. – The Mustangs scored one of their biggest wins in program history, toppling upset-minded Missouri Baptist, who is ranked no. 14, 6-1 in St. Louis.

Morningside started with a 2-1 win in doubles, as Santiago Minetti and Gabriel Whiston and Mathys Arnold and Jesse Gerth each picked up 6-2 victories. 

As the match moved to singles play, Morningside kept the pressure on, as Jesse Gerth won the no. 5 match 6-1, 6-4. Alexis Diaz followed with a 7-6 win with a 7-3 tiebreaker, followed by his opponent retiring as Diaz opened up a 1-0 advantage. Marcos Menendez Hervella clinched the match with a 6-3, 2-6, 6-2 win at no. 1.

Arnold added another singles win with a 7-6 (7-5) win, 3-6 loss, with a 10-3 super tiebreaker, and Santiago Minetti fell 4-6 before coming back 7-6 with a 7-5 tiebreaker, 6-3. 

Gabriel Whiston fell in a highly-contested no. 6 match, winning 7-6 with a 7-2 tiebreaker, before falling 6-4 and 11-9.

Morningside is back in action on March 14 against Bethel before beginning conference play on March 21.

DOUBLES

1. Luca da Silva Ebenriter/Sebastian Junghanns def. Marcos Menendez Hervella/Alexis Diaz 6-3

2. Santiago Minetti/Gabriel Whiston def. Strahinja Radanovic/Ruslan Anurev 6-2

3. Mathys Arnold/Jesse Gerth def. Nicolas Sanchez/Samuel Sanchez 6-2

Order of finish: 2, 1, 3

SINGLES

1. Marcos Menendez Hervella def. Luca da Silva Ebenrigter 6-3, 2-6, 6-2

2. Alexis Diaz def. Sebastian Junghanns 7-6 (7-3) 1-0 (Retired)

3. Mathys Arnold def. Strahinja Radanovic 7-6 (7-5), 3-6, 10-3

4. Santiago Minetti def. Ruslan Anurev 4-6, 7-6 (7-5), 6-3

5. Jesse Gerth def. Arkhip Tokmakov 6-1, 6-4

6. Samuel Sanchez def. Gabriel Whiston 6-7 (2-7), 6-4, 11-9

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