On April 15, the Men’s Tennis team lost their final match of the regular season against Concordia University in an away conference game by a score of 0-7. The Tigers end the regular season with an overall 6-12 record and 1-5 in the conference. The men’s tennis team qualified for the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) tournament thanks to its victory against Hastings College 7-0.
“The boys’ season was a little tougher in terms of results,” Federico Infante, the graduate assistant coach, said. “Even though we did not come out with the results we wanted, we still built a solid foundation coming into next year. Each last one of them have shown a lot of improvement and it is exciting where this is going to go. Now the boys are heading into the GPAC Playoffs as the #6 seeds where they are going to have a lot to prove and show how much better they are getting.”
In doubles play, at No. 1, senior Jose Purizaca and junior Diego Infante won 6-4. In the No. 2 match, sophomore Elliot Dasell and senior Andre Hartman lost 2-6. Finally, in the No. 3 match, sophomore Julio Avila and freshman Christian Jensen lost 0-6.
In singles No. 1, Purizaca lost 3-6, 3-6, and at No. 2, Infante lost 5-7, 1-6. No. 3 singles, Hartman lost 2-6, 3-6. At No. 4, Dassel lost 2-6, 6-3, 1-6. In singles No. 5, Avila lost 1-6, 0-6. Finally, in singles No. 6, freshman Tanner Adams lost 6-7 (5-7 tie-break), 1-6.
Next for the Tigers will be the GPAC tournament, which will start on April 25 and will take place at Morningside University.
