Huskers Finish Strong At All-American Tournament

Tulsa, Okla.- The Nebraska men’s tennis team finished the ITA All-American Tournament with an impressive showing, winning four of its five matches Sunday.

Senior Dario Huber captured his first win as a Husker as he defeated Toldeo’s Marko Galic 6-4, 6-4. He wraps up his first fall weekend with a 1-1 record in singles play. Fellow senior Patrick Cacciatore also came out on top in his match Sunday, winning decisively 6-0, 6-0. Junior Shunya Maruyama and sophomore Rudra Dixit both got back on track with a win to wrap up the weekend after losing their opening contests in Tulsa.

Senior Brandon Perez fell just short Sunday, dropping his match to UAB’s Roman Postolka 6-1, 6-2.

Senior William Gleason competed Saturday and captured the lone win for the Huskers as he knocked off UTSA’s Javier Gonzalez 5-7, 6-2 [20-18]. The Lincoln, Neb. native lost in the second round to Oral Robert’s Volodymyr Zakharov 6-4, 6-3.

Stay up to date with the action by following the Nebraska men’s tennis Twitter account @huskermtennis. The Huskers look forward to the ITA Regional that will take place in Lincoln, Neb from Oct. 21-25.

Day 1:

Round 1:

Sviatoslav Gulin (UTSA) def. Shunya Maruyama (Nebraska) 6-0, 2-6 [11-9]

Nick Lagaev (Arizona) def. Brandon Perez (Nebraska) 7-6(4), 6-4

Inigo Torre Martin (VCU) def. Rudra Dixit (Nebraska) 7-5, 6-2

Guillaume Dalmasso (Santa Clara) def. Dario Huber (Nebraska) 7-6(5), 6-2

Josh Wilson (Liberty) def. Patrick Cacciatore (Nebraska) 6-0, 6-3

William Gleason (Nebraska) def. Javier Gonzalez (UTSA) 5-7, 6-2 [20-18]

Round 2:

Volodymyr Zakharov (Oral Roberts) def. William Gleason (Nebraska) 6-4, 6-3

Day 2:

Shunya Maruyama (Nebraska) def. Nick Beamish (UT Arlington) 6-1, 6-0

Roman Postolka (UAB) def. Brandon Perez (Nebraska) 6-1, 6-2

Rudra Dixit (Nebraska) def. Tyler Stewart (Abilene Christian) 6-3, 3-6, 7-6(4)

Dario Huber (Nebraska) def. Marko Galic (Toledo) 6-4, 6-4

Patrick Cacciatore (Nebraska) def. Jack Hambrook (UNLV) 6-0, 6-0