Men's Tennis Falls 6-1 at IPFW

March 31, 2006

FORT WAYNE, Ind. - The University of Northern Colorado men's tennis team suffered a 6-1 defeat at IPFW on Friday afternoon in the first match of a three-match road swing this weekend.

Northern Colorado (3-9) will play at IUPUI on Saturday (9 a.m.) and the University of Indianapolis on Sunday (9 a.m.) to close out the Hoosier State road trip.

IPFW (9-10) took the doubles point with a complete sweep of the competition with the closest match with Paul Tschetter and Vinnie Fallico falling 8-6.

Fallico bounced back in singles play, however, and scored a 7-6 (3), 7-6 (4) victory at No. 3 singles over Herman Kusche. Both Kollman Gearhart and Austin Nunn took their opponents to a third set, but both ended up losing, including Gearhart in a heartbreaking 7-6 (5) final set.

IPFW 6, Northern Colorado 1

Singles
1. Nabil Mourad Filho (IPFW) def. Chris Minihan (NCOL) 7-6(3), 6-3
2. Carlos Gonzalez (IPFW) def. Peter Weyhrich (NCOL) 6-1, 6-1
3. Vinnie Fallico (NCOL) def. Hermann Kuschke (IPFW) 7-6(3), 7-6(4)
4. Arturo Salgado (IPFW) def. Paul Tschetter (NCOL) 6-4, 7-5
5. Nathan Jones (IPFW) def. Kollman Gearhart (NCOL) 4-6, 6-3, 7-6(5)
6. Daniel Jackson (IPFW) def. Austin Nunn (NCOL) 6-2, 2-6, 6-4

Doubles

1. Mourad Filho/Tony Mitson (IPFW) def. Minihan/Weyhrich (NCOL) 8-5
2. Gonzalez/Salgado (IPFW) def. Tschetter/Fallico (NCOL) 8-6
3. Jackson/Jones (IPFW) def. Gearhart/Nunn (NCOL) 8-3