Huskers Defeat Hawkeyes At Home, 4-3

Lincoln, Neb. — The Nebraska men’s tennis team (1-11, 1-11 Big Ten) got its first win of the season defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes (4-10, 4-8 Big Ten), 4-3, on Sunday afternoon at the Dillon Tennis Center.

To start off the day, the Huskers struggled in the doubles competition with both pairs of Brandon Perez/Victor Moreno Lozano and Nic Wiedenhorn/William Gleason falling 1-6 in the No. 1 and No. 2 positions. With the Hawkeyes taking the doubles point, the No. 3 match between Albert Sprlak-Puk/Shunya Maruyama and Nikita Snezhko/Peter Alam was called at 3-3.

The Huskers bounced back in singles and won four matches to get the win. At No. 1 and No. 4, Perez and Lozano lost in straight sets before Nebraska took the following four. At No. 6, Wiedenhorn defeated Peter Alam 6-2, 6-1, for his third Big Ten conference win of the season. At No. 2, Maruyama continued his season success with his sixth win, defeating Will Davies 6-2, 6-3. Gleason, in the No. 3 position, took his match to a third-set tiebreak and won 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (5). At the deciding No. 5 match, Sprlak-Puk got the win for the Huskers, beating Jason Kerst 6-3, 3-6, 6-4. 

Up next, the Huskers will stay home to matchup with Northwestern on Friday at 5:00 p.m. CT at the Dillon Tennis Center in Lincoln. 

 

Tennis Match Results

Iowa vs Nebraska

Apr 04, 2021 at Lincoln, NE (Sid Dillon Tennis Center)

Nebraska 4, Iowa 3

Singles competition

1. Kareem Allaf (IOW) def. Victor Moreno Lozano (NEB) 6-3, 6-0

2. Shunya Maruyama (NEB) def. Will Davies (IOW) 6-2, 6-3

3. William Gleason (NEB) def. Oliver Okonkwo (IOW) 6-2, 2-6, 7-6 (7-5)

4. Joe Tyler (IOW) def. Brandon Perez (NEB) 6-3, 6-1

5. Albert Sprlak-Puk (NEB) def. Jason Kerst (IOW) 6-3, 3-6, 6-4

6. Nic Wiedenhorn (NEB) def. Peter Alam (IOW) 6-2, 6-1

Doubles competition

1. Will Davies/Kareem Allaf (IOW) def. Brandon Perez/Victor Moreno Lozano (NEB) 6-1

2. Oliver Okonkwo/Joe Tyler (IOW) def. Nic Wiedenhorn/William Gleason (NEB) 6-1

3. Albert Sprlak-Puk/Shunya Maruyama (NEB) vs. Nikita Snezhko/Peter Alam (IOW) 3-3, unfinished

Match Notes:

Iowa 4-10

Nebraska 1-11

Order of finish: Doubles (1,2); Singles (4,1,6,2,3,5)