DECATUR, ILL.—The 2019 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Men's Tennis Tournament Third Place Match pitted the #5 seed Red Men against #3 seed North Central College (Ill.) at the Fairview Tennis Center in Decatur, Illinois on Saturday. The Red Men ended their 2019 season on a high-note with a 5-2 domination of North Central.
Carthage caps their 2019 season with a 16-10, 3-4 CCIW record while North Central concludes their campaign with an 18-7, 5-2 CCIW mark.
Red Men 5, North Central 2 (
Box Score)
The Red Men exited doubles with a 2-1 advantage after
Daniel Moore/
Matt Krzewinski's 8-7 win over Tyler Bussell/Tyler Haizel in the #2 slot, and
John Nykyforuk/
Fordy Leipold's 8-4 edge over Justin Howes/Lucas Pindak in the #3 match.
This ignited a Carthage squad that strung together three victories in singles, where
Andre Antreassian notched a 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 win over Tyler Haizel in the #3 match.
Matt Krzewinski continued his dominating ways in #5 singles with a 6-4, 6-0 blasting of Justin Howes.
Fordy Leipold ended his four-year career with the Red Men with a 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 victory over Lucas Pindak in #6 singles.
Carthage bids farewell to seniors
Oscar Irazoque,
Alexander Kristy and
Fordy Leipold.
