Men’s Tennis Marches To CL Semis
WINONA LAKE – Grace’s men’s tennis team used a dominant doubles performance to top Taylor 6-3 on Tuesday in the quarterfinals of the Crossroads League Tournament.
The No. 4 seeded Lancers (6-4) won all three doubles’ points to advance to a matchup with regular-season league champion Marian on Thursday. The semifinal contest will take place in Indianapolis.
Although the Trojans (5-7) dropped all three matches during doubles’ competition, two of the matches were battles. Danila Kurkulin and Ethan Grove pulled out a 9-8 win at No. 1 doubles, and Adam Yoder and Caleb Yoder won 8-6 at No. 3. Uros Pajic and Gabe Vervynckt had the easiest route with an 8-1 victory at No. 2 doubles.
Grove went on to cruise 6-1, 6-2 at No. 3 singles, and Vervycnkt clinched the win by taking a 6-1, 6-4 decision at No. 5.
Adam Yoder had the final point for Grace at No. 6 singles with a three-set victory.
The Lancers are making their fifth straight appearance in the CL semifinals, producing a 2-2 record in that round over the past four years.