Joe Hoff, Stratton Brown, and Mac Mease each claimed consolation victories on Sunday morning. Both Hoff and Brown claimed straight-sets victories, while Mease won a third-set tiebreaker.
Mease lost his first set before coming back to win the second and squeaked out a 10-8 win during the deciding set. Brown trailed 2-5 during his opening set before winning 7-6 and sealing the match with a 6-2 win in the third. Finally, Hoff claimed a 6-2, 6-2 win before the Bluejays headed back to Omaha.
Armando Gandini also played a consolation match on Sunday but fell in straight sets.
On Saturday, Gandini advanced to the semifinal round of the Flight B bracket. The junior earned a 6-4, 6-1 against an opponent from Northern Colorado during the opening round before battling for a three-set win in the second round against host Drake’s Finley Hall. Gandini opened his quarterfinal match with a 6-2 win before falling 6-2 during the second. During the deciding set, Gandini earned a 10-8 win in the tiebreaker to advance into the semifinals.
In the semis, Gandini claimed the first set before falling during the second 6-2, and 10-5 in the third against Northwest Missouri State’s Agustin Velasco.
Brown advanced to the quarterfinals in Flight A on Saturday before falling in straight-sets against Victor Moreno Lozano (Nebraska). The sophomore battled from behind for a 7-6, 3-6, 10-1 win during the opening round against Lukas Buth from North Dakota before losing 7-5, 6-3 in his second match.
Nick Campbell also participated in the Flight A bracket and lost 6-2, 7-4 against Drake’s Barny Thorold in the first round.
In addition to Gandini’s play in Flight B, Daniel Lopez-Rey and Mac Mease also competed in Flight B. Mease opened Saturday with a 6-2 win during his opening set, but fell 7-6 in the second and 10-1 during the deciding tiebreaker. Lopez-Rey fell during a tightly contested three-set match. The junior lost the first frame 7-6, won the second 6-4 and fell during the third set, 10-8.
In Flight C action, Jose Oscar Diaz split a pair of three-set matches. Diaz opened Saturday with a 6-7, 7-6, 10-5 win before falling 4-6, 6-3, 10-5 during the second round against an opponent from Northwest Missouri State. Luke Moorhead fell 7-5 during the opening set of his Flight C first round match before earning a 7-6 win during the second frame. The junior fought during a close tiebreaker but fell 11-9. Moorhead ended the Bluejays’ Saturday with a 6-4, 6-4 consolation win. Additonally, Hoff fell in straight-sets against Drake’s Freedie Powell during first round action in Flight C on Saturday.
Creighton returns to the courts on Friday for the Bluejay Invitational in Omaha.
MAIN DRAW RESULTS
Singles Flight A
Stratton Brown def. Lukas Buth (North Dakota), 7-6, 3-6, 10-1
Victor Moreno Lozano (Nebraska) def. Brown, 7-5, 6-3
Barny Thorold (Drake) def. Nick Campbell, 6-2, 6-4
Flight B
Armando Gandini def. Alex Exsted (Northern Colorado), 6-4, 6-1
Gandini def. Finley Hall (Drake), 6-2, 2-6, 10-8
Velasco (Northwest Missouri State) def. Gandini, 4-6, 6-2, 10-5
Nick Wade (Northern Colorado) def. Mac Mease, 2-6, 7-6, 10-1
Matt Dunn (Nebraska-Omaha) def. Daniel Lopez-Rey, 7-6, 4-6, 10-8
Flight C
Freddie Powell (Drake) def. Joe Hoff, 6-2, 7-6
Chuck Tang (North Dakota) def. Luke Moorhead, 7-5, 6-7, 11-9
Jose Oscar Diaz def. Tommy Smalley (Northern Colorado), 6-7, 7-6, 10-5
Bjorn Kurtze (Northwest Missouri State) def. Diaz, 4-6, 6-3, 10-5
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