Kingsmen Use Upset to Advance

CLU upsets No. 7 Johns Hopkins, moves to second round

Friday, Feb. 22, 2013 6:07 pm





Connor Treacy recorded wins in both doubles and singles as the No. 11 Kingsmen upset the No. 7 Blue Jays at the ITA National Indoor Championships today.


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ST. PETER, Minn. – On day one of the 13th annual ITA Division III National Men’s Tennis Team Indoor Championship hosted by Gustavus Adolphus College, No. 11 Cal Lutheran upset No. 7 Johns Hopkins with a 5-4 victory to remain undefeated and advance to the second round of action tomorrow.

CLU doubles got started with a sweep and took a 3-0 lead entering singles play. At No. 1 doubles, the tandem of Ray Worley and Nicholas Ballou defeated nationally ranked No. 4 Tanner Brown and Erik Lim 8-2 for the first point of the day. On the number three court Thomas Millet and Marcelo Sousa pushed the lead to 2-0 with an 8-6 victory over Ben Hwang and Chris Jou before the duo of Alex Nichols and Connor Treacy defeated Andy Hersh and Jeff Kamei, 8-4, to conclude doubles play.

Continuing onto singles, Ballou took down No. 5 Hersh, 6-4, 6-2 for the fourth Cal Lutheran point of the day.

At the No. 2 singles court a pair of nationally ranked players faced off with No. 21 Brown barely edging No. 25 Worley, winning 6-3, 6-3 (7-4) for the first Johns Hopkins point of the match.

The Blue Jays inched closer to the Kingsmen when Hwang defeated Nichols in three sets, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, on the third court and Lim cruised past Millet, 6-1, 6-1 at No. 5 to pull the team score to 4-3.

Needing just one more individual win to secure the team victory and assure advancement to the second round, CLU turned to Treacy who earned a 6-4, 6-3 win at the No. 4 spot over Jensen Reiter.

The longest battle of the afternoon went to Noah Joachim who defeated Sousa 6-3, 6-7 (10-4) to round out the final score.

Cal Lutheran (4-0) advances to play No. 2 Kenyon (3-1) at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 23 at the Swanson Tennis Center. Today Kenyon stormed past No. 12 N.C. Wesleyan by an 8-1 margin.

Tournament Website: 2013 ITA National Indoor Championships
Full Day One Recap: 2013 ITA National Indoor Championships Day One
Results: CLU 5, JH 4
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