TIGERS RALLY FOR 4-3 WIN OVER JUDSON TO FINISH THIRD IN CCAC STANDINGS

ELGIN, Ill. – After falling behind early in the match, the Olivet Nazarene University men's tennis team rallied off four singles wins to take a 4-3 win over the Judson Eagles Saturday afternoon and secure third place in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) standings.

Olivet Nazarene 4, Judson 3

Despite Carlo Cota Vargas and Brian Victoria Ayala picking up a 6-3 win at No. 3 doubles, the Tigers failed to pick up the doubles point after dropping the top two matches. The Eagles then took a win in the top singles match to take an early 2-0 lead.

But that was when the Tigers rattled off three-straight wins. Davi Toledo won a 6-4, 1-6, 6-4 tiebreaker at No. 2 singles, Juan Diaz Banuls made quick work at No. 3 with a 6-3, 6-4 win, and Shaun Choubey won 7-6, 6-3 at No. 4 to give ONU the lead.

With the match tied at 3-3, it all came down to Brian Victoria Ayala, who rose to the occasion with a big 6-2, 6-3 win in No. 6 singles to give ONU the victory.

Singles

1. Alex Veltkamp (JU) def. Carlo Cota (ONU) 6-2, 6-3
2. Davi Toledo (ONU) def. William Barnes (JU) 6-4, 1-6, 6-4
3. Juan Banuls (ONU) def. Max Fortun (JU) 6-3, 6-4
4. Sanskar Choubey (ONU) def. Chadd Kerrigan (JU) 7-6, 6-3
5. Joshua Bavich (JU) def. Paul Saleh (ONU) 7-6, 6-4
6. Brian Ayala (ONU) def. Moosa Choudhary (JU) 6-2, 6-3

Doubles

1. Joshua Bavich/Williams Barnes (JU) def. Davi Toledo/Hector Romero (ONU) 6-2
2. Max Fortun/Chadd Kerrigan (JU) def. Sanskar Choubey/Paul Saleh (ONU) 6-1
3. Carlo Cota/Brian Ayala (ONU) def. Neill Pillai/ Alex Veltkamp (JU) 6-3

WHAT'S NEXT?

The win secured third place for ONU in the CCAC standings. The conference tournament will begin in the coming week.

--ONU—

*Contact: Evan Wild, Sports Information Director, ewwild@olivet.edu