Florida Swing Highlighted by 5-4 Win Over Cornell College

After losses to Lake Forest and Ursinus, Tigers rally to compete well against Juniata and then secure one-point win over Cornell.

Sean Munson won twice against Cornell in a thrilling 5-4 team decision. File Photo | Nick Falzerano

March 9, 2016

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Wittenberg University	Lake Forest College
Score	0	9

Doubles

Dan Pivonka / John Snider def. Luke Minard / Timmy McNulty 8-5
Trevor Allen / Ellis Lora-Arceo def. Matt Arroyo / Akbar Tiwana 8-2
Karl Fehn / Nick Rehm def. Dennis Gleason / Sean Munson 9-8 (7-5)

Singles

Dan Pivonka def. Luke Minard 6-1 , 6-0
Trevor Allen def. Matt Arroyo 6-3 , 4-6 , 1-0 (10-3)
John Snider def. Timmy McNulty 6-0 , 6-3
Ellis Lora-Arceo def. Akbar Tiwana 6-0 , 6-0
Dragan Trivanovic def. Dennis Gleason 6-2 , 4-6 , 1-0 (10-3)
Karl Fehn def. Sean Munson 6-0 , 7-5

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Wittenberg	Ursinus
Score	0	9

Doubles

Max Oberholtzer / Paul Vecchio def. Luke Minard / Timmy McNulty 9-8 (9-7)
Tyler Arsenault / Dalton Lynch def. Matt Arroyo / Akbar Tiwana 9-7
Chanton Phan / Peter Shields def. Kieren Thomas / Alex Sarihan 8-1

Singles

Max Oberholtzer def. Luke Minard 6-1 , 6-1
Tyler Arsenault def. Matt Arroyo 6-1 , 7-5
Dalton Lynch def. Timmy McNulty 4-6 , 6-1 , 14-12
Chanton Phan def. Akbar Tiwana 6-1 , 6-2
Paul Vecchio def. Kieren Thomas 6-0 , 6-1
Jordan Hodess def. Alex Sarihan 7-5 , 6-3

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Juniata Eagles	Wittenberg
Score	6	3

Doubles

Timmy McNulty / Luke Minard def. Dan Ansel / Matyas Kohout 8-5
Bryan Gregory / Owen Grafe def. Matt Arroyo / Akbar Tiwana 8-6
Logan Moore / Mike Lifshitz def. Dennis Gleason / Sean Munson 8-5

Singles

Matt Arroyo def. Matyas Kohout 4-6 , 6-3 , 10-4
Roy Liberman def. Luke Minard 2-6 , 6-1 , 6-3
Logan Moore def. Timmy McNulty 6-1 , 6-1
Bryan Gregory def. Akbar Tiwana 6-2 , 6-4
Daichi McAuliffe-Uch def. Sean Munson 6-0 , 2-6 , 10-5
Alex Sarihan def. Mike Lifshitz 4-6 , 6-4 , 10-6

Team Stats

Game Statistics	Wittenberg University	Cornell College
Score	5	4

Doubles

Gabriel Souza / Tucker Barnes def. Luke Minard / Timmy McNulty 8-6
Matt Arroyo / Akbar Tiwana def. Thomas Weiss / Corey Duncan 8-4
Dennis Gleason / Sean Munson def. Tom Greene / Alex Rand 8-5

Singles

Gabriel Souza def. Matt Arroyo 6-2 , 6-3
Thomas Weiss def. Luke Minard 6-1 , 6-4
Tucker Barnes def. Timmy McNulty 6-3 , 6-3
Akbar Tiwana def. Corey Duncan 6-3 , 6-7 (4-7) , 6-0
Dennis Gleason def. Tom Greene 7-5 , 6-1
Sean Munson def. Alex Rand 6-1 , 6-0

ORLANDO, Fla. - The Wittenberg Tigers continued their 2016 Spring Break trip to the Sunshine State with a 1-3 record over two busy days.

After losing 9-0 to Lake Forest and Ursinus and 6-3 to Juniata, the Tigers wrapped up the busy mid-week stretch with a 5-4 win over Cornell (Iowa). Wittenberg heads into its Spring Break finale against Northwestern (Minn.) with a record of 4-7.

The Tigers may not have won a point against Lake Forest, but the Foresters certainly didn't win comfortably across the board. In doubles, the Tiger tandem of senior Dennis Gleason (CGahanna, Ohio/St. Charles) and junior Sean Munson (Chicago, Ill./Roycemore) lost a tiebreaker at No. 3, and Gleason followed that with a three-set defeat in singles at No. 5. Freshman Matt Arroyo (Cincinnati, Ohio/Princeton) also split sets before dropping a tiebreaker at No. 2.

It was a similar story against Ursinus, where the No. 1 doubles tandem of freshman Luke Minard (Dayton, Ohio/Oakwood) and freshman Timmy McNulty (Indianapolis, Ind./Cathedral) lost a tiebreaker by a 9-7 score. McNulty followed that up with a near-miss at No. 3 singles as he lost a third-set tiebreaker 14-12.

Against Juniata, the picked up a doubles win at the No. 1 position as McNulty and Minard earned an 8-5 decision. Arroyo stepped into the No. 1 singles spot and won a third-set tiebreaker, and freshman Alex Sarihan (New Carlisle, Ohio/Tecumseh) added a three-set victory at No. 6 singles. The match swung in Juniata's direction on two other three-setters as Minard fell at No. 2 and Munson lost at No. 5.

Wittenberg got back on the winning track against Cornell, starting with doubles wins by Arroyo and junior Akbar Tiwana (Lahore, Pakistan/Aitchison) at No. 2 and Gleason and Munson at No. 3. In singles, Wittenberg closed out the match with straight-set wins by Gleason at No. 5 and Munson at No. 6 and a three-set decision recorded by Tiwana at No. 4.

Written By: Ryan Maurer