Men's Tennis Defeats Hillsdale in Dramatic Fashion
Findlay, Ohio – The University of Findlay men's tennis team took on the Hillsdale College Chargers on Sunday, March 19 at the Findlay East YMCA. The Oilers came away with a hard-fought 4-3 victory, needed a dramatic win at sixth-singles to clinch the win. With the win, Findlay is now 8-6 on the year with a 2-0 mark in Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC) play.
After winning the doubles point, Findlay dropped both first and second singles to quickly fall behind 2-1 in the match.
Shortly after, Alfredo Berlanga secured his win at third singles to pull the match back even at 2-2.
A win at fourth singles by Wilfredo Lara put Findlay ahead, but the Chargers were victorious at fifth singles, tying the event at 3-3 with one match to play.
It came down to Dallas Ramsey vs. Daniel Gilbert for the match. Ramsey, leaning on his dynamic serve-and-volley, won the first set easily, winning 6-2, but, after leading 4-2 in the second, lost four straight games to send the match into a third set. Tied at 3-3 in the third set, Ramsey broke GIlbert's serve to take a 4-3 lead. After losing the first point of the next game, he won four consecutive points, holding serve and taking a 5-3 advantage. He then broke Gilbert's serve again, winning four straight points to seal the match.
Doubles
#1 Alfredo Berlanga / Wilfredo Lara (UF) def. Brennan Cimpeanu / Brian Hackman (HC) 6-4
#2 Tyler Conrad / Sean Barstow (HC) def. Luigi Bove / Dallas Ramsey (UF) 7-6 (7-4)
#3 Octavio Carrasco / Mark Ivanov (UF) def. Aidan Pack / Daniel Gilbert (HC) 6-3
Singles
#1 Brennan Cimpeanu (HC) def. Luigi Bove (UF) 7-5, 6-3
#2 Aidan Pack (HC) def. Andrew Codita (UF) 6-0, 6-4
#3 Alfredo Berlanga (UF) def. Brian Hackman (HC) 6-4, 6-4
#4 Wilfredo Lara (UF) def. Tyler Conrad (HC) 6-3, 4-6, 6-4
#5 Sean Barstow (HC) def. Octavio Carrasco (UF) 6-2, 6-2
#6 Dallas Ramsey (UF) def. Daniel Gilbert (HC) 6-2, 4-6, 6-3