Tennis Tripped Up at No. 17 MSU

WICHITA FALLS, Texas – Southeastern swept through doubles play to take an early lead, but struggled in singles play against No. 17 Midwestern State, falling 5-2 on Friday in Wichita Falls, Texas.
 
The loss drops the Savage Storm to 1-1 heading into the Great American Conference opener on March 4 against Southern Arkansas in Magnolia, Ark.
 
Sandro Lena and Jason Roberts picked up the team's first doubles win, downing MSU's number two duo 6-1
 
Ondrej Nice and Benjamin Finet followed up with a 6-4 win at the one position to secure the doubles point.
 
Juan Scoppetta and Milos Vuckovic secured the sweep with a 7-5 victory at the three spot.
 
Nice was the only player to carry any momentum into singles play, cruising to a 6-3, 6-1 win at the three spot to close the gap to 3-3 after MSU rallied with singles wins at the four, one, and two positions.
 
However, The Mustangs would get a win at the five and another at the six to take the mnatch 5-2.
 
#17 Midwestern State (3-0) def. Southeastern Oklahoma State (1-1)
Fri. March 1, 2019 | 3 p.m.
Wichita Falls, Texas
MSU Tennis Center
 
Doubles
No. 1 – Ondrej Nice/Benjamin Finet (SOSU) def. Dillon Pineda/Ben Westwick (MSU) 6-4
No. 2 – Sandro Lena/Jason Roberts (SOSU) def. Angel Palacios/Nolan McCaig (MSU) 6-1
No. 3 – Juan Scoppetta/Milos Vuckovic (SOSU) def. Denney Norrie/Alex Martinez Roca (MSU) 7-5
 
Singles
No. 1 – Angel Palacios (MSU) def. Juan Scoppetta (SOSU) 6-1, 6-1
No. 2 – Dillon Pineda (MSU) def. Sandro Lena (SOSU) 6-4, 6-2
No. 3 – Ondrej Nice (SOSU) def. Nolan McCaig (MSU) 6-3, 6-1
No. 4 – Alex Martinez Roca (MSU) def. Jason Roberts (SOSU) 6-1, 6-2
No. 5 – Alberto Diaz (MSU) def. Benjamin Finet (SOSU) 6-3, 6-1
No. 6 – Ben Westwick (MSU) def. Milos Vuckovic (SOSU) 6-3, 6-3
 
Order of finish: Doubles (2, 1, 3); Singles (4, 1, 2, 3, 5, 6)