JACKSON, Wis. – It's a perfect 10 for the Yellowjacket men's tennis team, as in 10 consecutive wins following an 8-1 victory Saturday over Wisconsin Lutheran at the Pleasant Valley Tennis and Fitness Club.
The Yellowjackets (10-0, 1-0 UMAC) will now take their unbeaten start and winning streak into action in Florida next week.
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The day started with the Yellowjackets taking all three doubles matches in convincing fashion.
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At No. 1 doubles,
Andre Luiz de Melo Guedes (Brasilia, Brazil/Centro de Ensino Médio Paulo Freire) and
Jacob Zacharias (Cambridge, Minn./Cambridge-Isanti) teamed up to take out Wisconsin Lutheran's top pair of Aidan Newberg and Zadic Torline by an 8-4 score.
Igor Guetten Chaves (Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil/Colégio Adventista) and
Vitor Sakakibara (São Paulo, Brazil/Colégio Saber) took their No. 2 doubles match over Jonathan Kannenberg and Bryce Halvorsen by an identical 8-4 score. The Yellowjackets made it a clean sweep in the doubles when Benedek Kiabas and
Mateus Miranda Silvestre (Belo Horizonte, Brazil/Colegio Torricelli) blanked Matthew Bass and Conner Heezen 8-0.
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Ren Kurachi (Yokohama, Japan/Yokosuka Gakuin) continued his strong first season with the Yellowjackets with a straight-sets win at No. 1 singles, defeating Newberg 6-3, 6-4. Sakakibara needed to go to a tiebreaker, but he defeated Kannenberg at No. 2 singles 6-3, 1-6 (10-8). After clinching the win over Carroll yesterday,
Jacob Zacharias (Cambridge, Minn./Cambridge-Isanti) swept Torline at No. 3 singles, 6-1, 6-4.
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Jace Gilbertson (Menomonie, Wis./Menomonie Senior) had little trouble with Bass at No. 5 singles, taking his match 6-1, 6-2. The same could be said for
Keisuke Sato (Fukushima, Japan/Fukushima), who won at No. 6 singles 6-2, 6-1 over Heezen.
The only blemish of the afternoon for the Yellowjackets came at No. 4 singles, where Kaibas fell to Halvorsen in a pair of tiebreakers, 6-7 (5-7) and 6-7 (3-7).
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Next up for the Yellowjackets is a trip to Florida and a date with WIAC foe UW-La Crosse Monday, Mar. 13. The first service is set for 8 a.m. CST from the Fort Gatlin Recreation Park in Orlando, Fla.
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