Martinez pulls off upset but No. 19 Cougar Tennis falls to No. 9 Cowley
Depth was the big story Tuesday at Great Bend's Veteran's Memorial Park tennis courts, as the Barton Community College men’s tennis team won 2-of-3 in the top two matches but fell to the depth of No. 9 ranked Cowley College 7-2. The Cougars outscored the Tigers 29-18 in the top doubles and top two singles matches but Cowley got the better of the Cougars in the remaining matches 64-13. The loss drops Barton to 4-5 on the season heading into Thursday’s 1:00 p.m. regular season finale at Johnson County Community College.
Depth was the big story Tuesday at Great Bend's Veteran's Memorial Park tennis courts, as the Barton Community College men's tennis team won 2-of-3 in the top two matches but fell to the depth of No. 9 ranked Cowley College 7-2. The Cougars outscored the Tigers 29-18 in the top doubles and top two singles matches but Cowley got the better of the Cougars in the remaining matches 64-13. The loss drops Barton to 4-5 on the season heading into Thursday's 1:00 p.m. regular season finale at Johnson County Community College.
The No. 1 Doubles combo of Vinicius Ono and Alvaro Martinez dominated the Tigers' Harry Busby and Erik Eldagson in an 8-3 victory to capture the lone doubles victory. Carrying the momentum from the doubles win, Martinez picked up the lone singles win by dominating the No. 2 match pulling the upset of the nation's No. 19 ranked Eldagson 6-1, 6-2. Despite battling an injury, Ono nearly pulled an upset of his own in the No. 1 singles match but the No. 9 ranked Busby was too much in defeating Ono 7-5 and 6-4.