SALEM, Ore. - The Blues led by a point after doubles and closed out the match in singles as the Whitman College men's tennis team took down Willamette 7-2 in Northwest Conference action on Sunday at the Salem Tennis and Swim Club
The Blues held the lead after doubles with wins on the No. 2 and No. 3 courts. At two doubles, Lucas Huang and Noah Baker downed Andrew Kropp and Quentin Nigbur, 8-3. Artem Manov and Charles Rush won on the No. 3 court against Andre Lief and Luca Casano, 8-1.
The Blues came within one point of the win after victories by Diego Guzman (6-4, 6-2) and Luca Viarengo (6-4, 6-0) at the two and six, respectively and eventually closed out the match.
First singles featured the most competitive match of the afternoon. Harshvardhan Chopra rallied from a set down but fell in a super set tiebreaker 6-3, 7-5, 10-1 to one of the nations top players in Andrew Kabacy.
Other singles winners for the Blues were Baker at the four and Alejandro Raffo at the five.
The Blues return to action on Friday, Apr. 7 vs. George Fox. Start time at Whitman is set for 4:00 p.m.
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