Singles Rally Comes Up Short vs. Nebraska – Purdue Boilermakers

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A singles rally was not sufficient for the Purdue males’s tennis staff to knock off No. 75 Nebraska on Saturday afternoon on the Schwartz Tennis Heart. The Boilermakers dropped their penultimate residence match of the common season 4-2 to the Cornhuskers.

Nebraska took the opening level in doubles. The Cornhuskers received 6-3 and 6-4 at No. 2 and three, respectively. Purdue’s high pairing in Michal Wozniak and Piotr Galus have been two factors away from knocking off Victor Moreno Lozano and Nic Wiedenhorn however noticed their match go unfinished at 5-3.

Athell Bennett put Purdue on the board with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Dario Huber at No. 1. The win was Bennett’s 86 of his profession tying him with Jim Grey (1985-88) for seventh in program historical past in profession singles wins.

After Nebraska jumped again out to a 3-1 lead, Gabriele Brancatelli dominated Calvin Mueller within the second set at No. 2 to win 7-6(3), 6-2.

Piotr Galus tried a valiant comeback within the third set towards Roni Hietaranta at No. 5, however the Polish worldwide got here up brief in a 3-6, 6-0, 6-2 loss. Rohan Sachdev’s match went unfinished with the rookie main Victor Moreno Lozano 6-7(3), 7-5, 4-1.

The Boilermakers will honor seniors Athell Bennett and Andre Suzanne in a prematch ceremony Sunday previous to the midday begin towards Wisconsin, the ultimate residence match of the 2022 season. 

PURDUE (Sep 11, 2-4) – 2, No. 75 Nebraska (7-14, 3-3) – 4
Singles
1. Athell Bennett (PUR) def. Dario Huber (UNL) – 6-1, 6-4
2. Gabriele Brancatelli (PUR) def. Calvin Mueller (UNL) – 7-6(3), 6-2
3. Shunya Maruyama (UNL) def. Tomasz Dudek (PUR) – 7-5, 6-1
4. Rohan Sachdev (PUR) vs. Victor Moreno Lozano (UNL) 6-7(6), 7-5, 4-1 unfinished
5. Roni Hietaranta (UNL) def. Piotr Galus (PUR) – 3-6, 0-6, 6-2
6. William Gleason (UNL) def. Michal Wozniak (PUR) – 6-2, 6-3

Doubles
1. Piotr Galus/ Victor Moreno Lozano/Nic Wiedenhorn (UNL) – 5-3
2. No. 40 Dario Huber/Shunya Maruyama (UNL) def. Athell Bennett/Gabriele Brancatelli (PUR) – 6-3
3. Calvin Mueller/William Gleason (UNL) def. Tomasz Dudek/Milledge Cossu (PUR) – 6-4

Order of End
Singles: 1,6,3,2,5
Doubles: 2,3