St. Louis, Mo., March 29, 2014 – The No. 2-ranked Washington University in St. Louis men's tennis team continued its dominance at home with a 6-3 victory over NCAA Division II No. 12 Drury University Saturday afternoon at the Tao Tennis Center in St. Louis.
Washington U. has won 15-straight matches at home and is 89-4 at the Tao Tennis Center in the last 10 years. The Bears are 116-9 (.928) at home in 13 seasons under head coach Roger Follmer.
UP NEXT: Washington U. (12-2) hosts NCAA Division II McKendree University Thursday, April 3, at 4 p.m.
Match-by-Match Results
Singles:
1. #29 Blair, Andy (DU) def. Ross Putterman (WASHUM) 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
2. #42 John Carswell (WASHUM) def. Hepp, Maximilian (DU) 6-3, 2-6, 6-0
3. #26 Jeremy Bush (WASHUM) def. Sipos, Jakub (DU) 4-6, 6-4, 10-3
4. Kriem, Lukas (DU) def. Tim Noack (WASHUM) 7-5, 6-3
5. Tyler Kratky (WASHUM) def. Ibsen, E. Christian (DU) 7-5, 6-4
6. Kevin Chu (WASHUM) def. Nadal, Jorge (DU) 6-0, 6-1
Doubles
1. Blair, Andy/Nadal, Jorge (DU) def. #3 Ross Putterman/Jeremy Bush (WASHUM) 8-5
2. John Carswell/Josh Cogan (WASHUM) def. Hepp, Maximilian/Kriem, Lukas (DU) 8-1
3. Kevin Chu/Jeffrey Hirsh (WASHUM) def. Ibsen, E. Christian/Sipos, Jakub (DU) 8-4
Notes:
• Freshman John Carswell has won 10-straight singles matches and is 18-3 in his rookie campaign.
• Carswell is 5-0 against ranked opponents while freshman Jeremy Bush is 4-1.
• Washington U. is 8-1 against ranked opponents this season.
• The victory for head coach Roger Follmer was the 225th of his career.
