Men's Tennis

UW-Whitewater Wins Men’s Tennis Championship

EWING, N.J.--University of Wisconsin-Whitewater claimed the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) Men’s Tennis Championship (presented by Culver’s) with a 4-2 triumph over The College of New Jersey at the TCNJ Tennis Complex on May 3.
 
Both teams secured a spot in the title match by winning their respective divisions during the regular season.
 
UW-Whitewater (16-5) also earned the conference’s automatic NCAA bid with the win.

The Warhawks took an early lead taking two of the three doubles flights against the Trojans (9-8). Theo Billson and Reuben Giorgio and battled for a 6-3 win at No. 1 doubles, while Drew Van Fossen and Will Ulrich picked up the third flight.

The Warhawks nearly took all three double matches, with Payton Adkisson and Tyler Nelson forcing a set tiebreaker at No. 2 doubles. The pair were blanked in the tiebreaker round.

Heading over into the singles match, the Warhawks used their doubles point to take a quick match point. Drew Van Fossen and Charles Morgan took their matches in straight sets at No. 4 and No. 6, respectively to give the Warhawks a 3-0 lead.

The College of New Jersey took the third flight, to avoid the sweep. Theo Billson was forced into a third set after splitting the first two. TCNJ's Maitland-Carter ended up picking up the flight after winning the third set, 6-4. The Lions kept alive, closing in the match at 3-2.

Winning his first set in the tiebreaker, Giovanni Vitali closed the match with a 6-4 second set to grab the clinching point and claim the crown for the Warhawks.

Full Results
No. 1--Harrison Maitland-Carter (TCNJ) def. Theo Billson (WW) 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
No. 2--Reuben Giorgio (WW) vs. Alberto Thomas (TCNJ) 4-6, 6-4, 2-1 did not finish
No. 3--Brett Schuster (TCNJ) def. Tyler Nelson (WW) 7-6 (5), 6-4
No. 4--Drew Van Fossen (WW) def. Aidan Twamley (TCNJ) 7-5, 6-4
No. 5--Giovanni Vitali (WW) def. Nathan Chan (TCNJ) 7-6 (2), 6-4
No. 6--Charles Morgan (WW) def. Olufela Fielleteau (TCNJ) 7-5, 6-3

Doubles:
No. 1--Billson/Giorgio (WW) def. Maitland-Carter/Asa Wong (TCNJ) 6-3
No. 2--Schuster/Thomas (TCNJ) def. Nelson/Payton Adkisson (WW) 7-6 (0)
No. 3-- Van Fossen/Will Ulrich (WW) def. Chan/Siddharth Arudi (TCNJ) 6-4
 
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