Fort Wayne, Ind.- On Friday, the Firestorm put forth a strong effort against No. 25 Indiana Tech.  A couple of points here and there and the match could have gone in a different manner.

Match Info

• Match score: Indiana Tech - 7, Arizona Christian - 0
• Records: Arizona Christian - 4-4, Indiana Tech - 6-0
• NAIA Rankings: Arizona Christian - not ranked, Indiana Tech - 25
• Location: Wildwood Racquet Club, Fort Wayne, IN

Inside Box Score

• The two teams split the first two completed matches with Jose Dominguez and Andres Vasquez winning 6-4 on court
• Anthony Popyrin and Jonas Wand just missed securing the doubles team point as they lost the tiebreak 7-5 and their match 7-6
• After the Warriors went ahead 2-0 in team score, Popyrin won a very tight match on court one even winning a first set tie break
• IIT won the next three matches but ACU had opportunities to win at least two of the three
• Andre Millet came up short on singles court three
• Dominguez won his first set 7-5 but fell in the final two sets on court four
• The final match of the day had to been decided in super tiebreak fashion with Martin Thomas winning the last two sets

Thoughts from Coach Carlisle

"This was a complete 180 from our match yesterday.  We had match points at number one doubles and if we win that and go into singles up 1-0 it might have been a totally different outcome.  Even with that loss we still rebounded well and gave Indiana Tech everything they could handle in singles.  I am really proud of the guys for staying strong mentally when things did not go our way today, but we have to be better at taking control in the big moments and closing out games/sets/matches when we have our chances."

Match v Indiana Tech

Doubles competition

1. GOMEZ, Alvaro/LABBE, Phil (IIT) def. POPYRIN, Anthony/WAND, Jonas (ACU) 7-6 (7-5)

2. DOMINGUEZ, Jose/VASQUEZ, Andres (ACU) def. ZABEL, Michel/CHAN, Lee (IIT) 6-4

3. FEDEROWICZ, Jakub/PARTINGTON, Callum (IIT) def. MILLET, Andre/THOMAS, Martin (ACU) 6-0

Singles competition

1. POPYRIN, Anthony (ACU) def. KARGIN, Kayra (IIT) 7-6 (7-5), 6-4

2. FEDEROWICZ, Jakub (IIT) def. WAND, Jonas (ACU) 6-2, 6-4

3. LABBE, Phil (IIT) def. MILLET, Andre (ACU) 7-6 (7-5), 6-2

4. LAVDAS, Anastasis (IIT) def. DOMINGUEZ, Jose (ACU) 5-7, 6-3, 6-3

5. ZABEL, Michel (IIT) def. VASQUEZ, Andres (ACU) 6-3, 6-3

6. THOMAS, Martin (ACU) def. PARTINGTON, Callum (IIT) 4-6, 7-5, 1-0 (10-6)

Up Next

The Firestorm will conclude their Indiana trip against Marian on Saturday.  Match time is scheduled for 2:00 pm (Arizona).